Why did I move to San Jose?

Last weekend, I took a drive to Lick Observatory, which is technically in San Jose yet thousands of feet above it. As the crow flies, it's about 14 miles from downtown, but in actual terms it's 24 miles... and it takes  [more...]

Well, well, well — after all those years languishing in the continuum, the revival of Doctor Who was so successful that finally someone is going to make a movie — although, we’ve heard this before: The  [more...]

Astonishingly, this morning’s Washington Post actually publishes the complete word that Dick Cheney uttered this week when arguing with Senator Leahy. No asterisks, no censoring… just the whole thing, right  [more...]