Life is too short to drink warm beer.

I’ve always wondered why Mel Gibson, who was so obsessed with authenticity that he had cast members learn Aramaic, yet he still shows nails being driven into the palm, not the wrist (they would tear right through the palm if done so; the bones of the wrist held crucifixion nails in place), and Gibson shows Christ…

Styptic pencils work wonders. I also find the Shave Butter from Dollar Shave Club has almost eliminated my razor cuts. Their blades are nothing special, but the Shave Butter is worth it.

Kim Newman’s excellent ‘Anno Dracula’ would make an amazing cable series.

Wouldn’t be complete without a mention of this Phil Hartman/Jan Hooks clip, “Love Is A Dream.”

Mrs. Maisel is a gem.

Everything starts with the motherboard.

Hayley Atwell is smart, talented, funny, and exudes the kind of glamour Hollywood hasn’t seen in fifty years.

Since the 6 and 6 Plus iPhones, they placed the power button on the exact other side of the phone from the two volume buttons. So it’s almost impossible to use the power button without screwing up the volume. Oh, and why is it still so difficult to do things with iTunes on your computer?

If schools used comic books to get kids interested and enthusiastic about reading, we would have significantly fewer (if any) functional illiterates in our world.

Dumbest alteration they made going from book to TV series was what they did to Theodore Roosevelt’s character: they changed TR from the man who brought Kreizler and his team into the investigation, to him being just another angry police official opposed to their investigation, and out to stymie them.

The other great John Young story is the Apollo 16 liftoff:

“I found out from the flight surgeon later on that my heartbeat was 144 at liftoff,” Charlie Duke, one of Young’s crewmates on the Apollo 16 moon landing mission, said of his reaction to launch atop a Saturn 5 rocket. “John’s (heartbeat) was 70.”

1. Ejector seats that propel talkers, texters, and parents with screaming /crying children into the lobby. Allow the theatre to charge extra for cushioning in the landing zone.

2. An in-house quality control officer, whose job is to make sure the screen is clean and free of defects, and that the sound and projection…

Also: never hold a hat (especially a fedora) by the brim. Always hold it by the crown.

Diet Coke is an offshoot of New Coke, and Coke Zero isn’t bad.

Drying the beard completely is a must.

An old friend visited NYC with an earlier Tesla model last summer, and he drove me around for an hour or so. Amazing vehicle! The instant acceleration? More amazing than any TV commercial can convey. And the large computer screen is like an iPad on steroids. Incredible experience.

For a manned spacecraft whose design is clearly the result of intense espionage, and which never flew into space with humans aboard ... the Buran is ok.