Random Thoughts

What's the Harm: When Reality and Wishful Thinking Clash

I'm digging around for posts people have written on what to say/what not to say to autistic people and their family members for an episode Kathleen and I are working on for The Blogger Ladies  (on The Autism Channel available on Roku) and I ran  acro ...

Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Jan 8 2013 - 8:21pm

Ever Wonder Why?

While one can't reasonably assume all corporations are corrupt, it is little wonder why so many people are adopting a much more cynical attitude.   HSBC got their hand slapped.  Of course, none of those responsible were charged with anything. http://w ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Jan 12 2013 - 11:51pm

Economic Theory: Tax Rate Mythologies

Any time the subject of taxes comes up with respect to economics we are invariably treated to examples such as the following, to illustrate how government revenue has an effect on the economy.  Of course, this is all smoke and mirrors nonsense, but neverth ...

Article - Gerhard Adam - Jan 13 2013 - 4:32pm

Gun Control- A Bad Joke

Much has been made of recent efforts to address the gun control issue, in the wake of the shootings of school children in Newtown, Ct.  While the media plays up the controversy, and various pundits go through the motions of bringing various pro/anti gun ad ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Jan 17 2013 - 9:16pm

Totally silly note

I am changing my nickname on a few sites I visit- ones where a nickname is useful- to "allhadronic". The name makes reference to the hadronic final state of certain particle decays. Hadron comes from ancient greek and means "strong", an ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Jan 22 2013 - 3:08pm

I Was At One Of The Inauguration Balls...

Two weeks ago I got a call inviting me to attend one of the inauguration balls for President Obama. But it wasn't to be held in Washington, D.C. it was in Texas. Texas? you might think, but aren't Democrats irrelevant in Texas, almost as irreleva ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jun 7 2015 - 4:54pm

Science Left Behind Excerpt In New Scientist

If you subscribe to New Scientist, you can read an excerpt of "Science Left Behind" by their editors, drawn from the book and dealing with some of the more nonsensical ways progressives get catered to by politicians who are happy to check science ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jan 31 2013 - 1:30pm

Indefensible Position: Roy Thomas Was Better For The Fantastic Four Than Stan Lee

During the short time that Roy Thomas took over as writer of the Fantastic Four from Stan Lee, the original writer, it got a lot better.  I know, I know, that is blasphemy.(1) There is a reason Stan Lee gets a cameo in every movie about every Marvel superh ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 2 2013 - 5:43pm

The Story of the Three Old Men

There was an old man and a second, older man who was considerably older than the old man; they were visiting a very old man.   The afternoon passed without them saying a word.   As the sun was low already, the old man said slowly: “I didn’t expect that I w ...

Blog Post - Sascha Vongehr - Feb 1 2013 - 8:05am

Healthcare Is Worrisome, Now You Can Stress About Deathcare Too

Two Asian charities have joined forces with the U.S. National Funeral Directors' Association (NFDA) to get people to start thinking about deathcare rather than healthcare. No, deathcare is not another tine in Britain's expanding Liverpool Death ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 6 2013 - 11:32am