Daily Archives: May 17, 2017
My Trump Quandary
Posted on May 17, 2017 87 Comments
I’m not writing about Trump and his party pals as much as one suspects I might here, and honestly, here’s the reason for it: Everything is happening so damn fast these days. Hard as it may be to believe, if I’m going to write something more than a snarky tweet, I want to be able […]
My Boring Shoes
Posted on May 17, 2017 53 Comments
Behold the Sketchers Men’s Diameter Slip-on, size 8.5, which just arrived here at the Scalzi Compound. This is the third pair of these that I’ve gotten, the first having been purchased more or less on a whim three years ago at Sears, back when you could still go into Sears without being crushingly depressed at […]
The Big Idea: James Kakalios
Posted on May 17, 2017 7 Comments
Physics happens — today and every day. But how much do you think about the physics of your ordinary day? James Kakalios thinks about it a lot, and after this Big Idea piece for his latest book The Physics of Everyday Things, you might think about it more often, too. JAMES KAKALIOS: My motivation to […]
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying