I loved Doug Marlette. His political cartoons were so sharp that I almost always laughed out loud—even when he slaughtered some of my sacred cows. I suppose that's one of the signs of really good political humor, since all of us can laugh at the other side's foibles.
It was a fascinating place—but it was <I>his</I>. Other than comic books, a Hitchcock film is the only place where it makes sense for a wrongfully accused man to have to catch the real villian. Yet, the plots were never the point, were they?
Some music really does suck—um, create a differential affect gap.
<I>The New York Times</I> has a dating column? The things you miss if you don't buy the Sunday Getting & Having edition.
Mistakes—we all make 'em. Why, just yesterday a kindly friend corrected my typo "Little Deuce Coop" before it appeared in print under my byline. But what if your <I>oops</I> involves a thermonuclear device?
Someday I'll grow up, but until then I find this hilarious.
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A nuclear physicist reviews <I>Plutonium: A History of the World's Most Dangerous Element</I>, arguing that understanding the element could help us construct a rational policy for dealing with its dangers.
"You better not lie," the song tells us, but flying reindeer and a benevolent fat guy in a red suit is hardly an advertisement for truthiness.
A skill I definitely do not possess. BC (before Computers), I was effectively mute.
Just about every bass player in the world joined Spinal Tap for "Big Bottom" at Live Earth. How could I leave this behind?
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