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A Still-Developing Story

This looks absolutely fascinating, if perhaps—just perhaps—a little opportunistic. Until the film is completed, you can learn more about Ms. + more

It’s Not Easy Being Green

On a Saturday afternoon hike in the Deep Creek area of Riverside State Park, my daughter Emma managed to convince this + more

Reasons Why Spokane Is Awesome, no. 34,876

So the missus and I were waiting for the parade to start last Saturday when we discovered Monkeyboy Books, a little shop in + more

Happy Birthday to “the Unreachable World-Famous Noble Master of Poetry and Music*”

Richard Wagner was born 200 years ago today. I’m celebrating by playing Götterdämmerung—the celebrated 1964 Solti recording—while Shirlee’s at lunch. Back in 2011, Alex + more

Physics!

Earlier today, my brother-in-law sent me a tantalizing email: What If? meets The Big Lebowski. Here’s a teaser—as if you needed one: + more

Am I missing something?

When it comes to advertising to Hispanics, the conventional wisdom is that we need to do more than just translate + more

“…endowed, jaunty and erotically scented…”

Though I’m pretty sure we’re all aware of it by now, this is the funniest exposé yet of the wine + more

Tea Time

George Orwell apparently had some thoughts on tea. Eleven of them, in fact—the tenth of which goes so far as + more

Monday Miscellany

I thought Spokane’s streets were bad. But at least we don’t have to deal with wormholes to other times and dimensions.… + more

A Sudden and Calamitous Event

From time to time I like to share with y’all an episode of “Martini Shot,” Rob Long’s behind-the-scenes glimpse at + more

Does This Towering Intellect Make Me Look Tall?

Until I took Pew Research Center’s Science and Technology quiz, I had pretty much resigned myself to being, like Winnie the + more

Well Played, Audi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPkByAkAdZs&feature=youtu.be Yeah, yeah, I know—this makes two Star Trek-related posts in a row. Just watch it. You’ll thank me later. + more

“Picturesque descriptions will not mend broken circuits, Mr. Scott.”

Some of the best news you’ll read all week: shuttlecraft Galileo (NCC-1701/7) is being returned to its former glory—a “massive, ground-up + more

Kiss the Rest of Your Day Goodbye

Productivity, thy foe is the Amazing Fact Generator. While the degree of amazingness varies wildly*, it’s a lot of fun seeing + more

“Copywriter” Just Missed the Cut

Another gem from Lapham’s Quarterly, here’s a look at some of the worst jobs of the last 2,000 years—though, to + more

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