“The faces of observers and SES staff members reflected relief and delight as the fireball and subsequent smoke cloud developed.” + more
“The faces of observers and SES staff members reflected relief and delight as the fireball and subsequent smoke cloud developed.” + more
Ken Layne is a weird dude. And I say this as a guy who subscribes to Layne’s delightful periodical and + more
Ever wanted to brush up on your Hittite? Listen to someone recite Beowulf in the original Old English? Get knee-deep + more
“Everything they said to each other, how they interacted, was nothing but a dance. It was hilarious to watch two + more
If you experience fits of schadenfreude whenever pretentious artsy-fartsy types get their comeuppance—and who doesn’t, really?—you’re gonna love this account of + more
Thanks to a little help from the latest book by Rich Landers, the missus and I spent a good chunk + more
One of the few Gen-X characteristic that actually applies to me is slacker.* I’m about as lazy and unambitious as + more
“The world is a wild and unlikely place,” writes Katherine Rundell in a short but delightful essay in the latest + more
Over at The Millions, Ed Simon writes about an anxiety that is all too real to me: a fear concerning + more
When I’m listening to Arvo Pärt’s Da Pacem Domine and I get goosebumps on my arms and feel prickly sensations + more
A heart-shaped cattle brand, first recorded on February 10, 1873 and registered to O. C. Whitney of Ennis, Montana—and owned + more
“That the dead do not always stay dead continues to rankle the scientifically minded.” An interview with Brian Eno, whose + more
“Quiet moments are when we put time aside to be quiet,” writes Robert Fripp about his ambient music series on + more
DO read: While spending a few days camping on Long Beach back in July, the missus and I found ourselves + more