Remember my animated LED Easter basket? It's back... in pog Christmas form. To recap: In 2020 maths YouTuber Matt Parker made a video about his animated LED Christmas tree. I…
First things first: I put the blog back up. Whoopee! Whether I'll do much with it remains to be seen but it's useful for sharing things that don't fit nicely…
This is not a sponsored post, but if Disney would like to send me some money I would not object. John DeLorean's father was born Alsó-Fehér County, then part of…
They weren't all happy days. Who was the losing candidate in the United States presidential election of 1952? Four years later he also lost the rematch. Of the two films…
This round is Toto-lly awesome. The flag of Zanzibar is a tricolor of blue, black, and green with the flag of what sovereign nation in the upper left corner? In…
I don't know why, but for some reason I have been thinking a lot this week about people who seize power extralegally. Remember, remember the 5th of November. What monarch…
There's nothing in the world I'm more indifferent to than hockey, except maybe vegan hockey. But I had to learn enough about it to write five decent trivia questions about…
Though I generally do pretty well at both at pub trivia and in online competitions like Sporcle and Learned League, it has become clear to me over the last couple…
Leviticus 18 22You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination I get why some people who consider the Bible the ultimate source of…
Chief Justice John Roberts: Some analysts have interpreted your break with the conservative wing of the court in upholding the Affordable Care Act as a decision born less of legal…
I have a plan that will drastically reduce unemployment. I don't really know how to make a quantifiable prediction of its impact, but since I myself am not running for…
It is my tradition to begin each school year by posting a poem. The following reflects the sunny optimism with which I am facing 2012-2013: The Charge Of The Light…
While I think that there is plenty of room for people all over the political spectrum to debate tax policy, I do get irritated when someone argues that a few…
I haven't posted in a while, for better or for worse, but today I'm dusting off the old blog so I can say my peace about this whole Chik-Fil-A business…