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The problem with “Paleo”.

by F. E. Torkel on March 31, 2012

We can probably go ahead and blame Dr. Loren Cordain for sticking us with “the Paleo Diet”, who published a book by the same name. It’s a good book, don’t get us wrong, but it’s also not the definitive guide to “paleo”-eating, though likely many of us discovered the general tenets of our diet from [...]

We’ve too many people.

by F. E. Torkel on October 4, 2010

On recommendation, we started reading The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight by Thom Hartmann, a book over a decade old (though a revised version was released in 2004). We point out the book’s age because it’s only a relatively recent phenomenon to hear the media actually address environmental concerns like global warming, and few people [...]

Hillary not a gamer.

by F. E. Torkel on July 15, 2005

When Hillary Clinton was elected U.S. Senator out of lovely New York, I got the hell out of Dodge. In fact, I moved way the hell out of Dodge, across the country to Phoenix, where I hoped the desert would quell my rage for having to hear more about her political career. Hillary’s one of [...]

Controlling the weather.

by F. E. Torkel on July 30, 2002

Wasn’t it Sean Connery who wasted his time in that Avengers movie? Well, imagine the opposite: there’s no Sean Connery, we’re not wasting our time, and there are no leather-clad vixens fighting crime. The latter, of course, almost brings me to tears, but let’s discuss the weather instead, shall we? It appears that controlling the [...]

Ghosts are real.

by F. E. Torkel on July 26, 2002

Evidently, doom from above may come unexpectantly, as scientists are discussing the existence of “mirror matter” which cannot be seen by normal means. Some astronomers believe that objects, be they comets or whole solar systems, could be comprised of this “mirror matter”. While little evidence of this invisible substance exists, some believe that it would [...]