I have mentioned it before but my niece met Zendaya at a music event when my niece was a child and Zendaya was roughly my niece’s current age. Wendy couldn’t have been sweeter and my niece still laughs when she is told she asked Zendaya for her email address and left her sputtering to find a polite way to say no.

i hope people do realize how much fun it is to meet their heroes. When I was in high school, I took an elective science fiction class. Our wonderful teacher took us to an autograph signing for Ray Bradbury since we were reading one of his books. I was doing research about people providing me with autographs even…

And, of course, I misspell Muren as Muran...

I have to confess... there was a period when my friends and I sought to get every major Star Wars actor’s autograph. Some were easy i.e. Peter Mayhew. Some were fun; I did some research and found a used copy of a play that Anthony Daniels had just done for a dollar. When I handed it to him, he said; “Oh, I was just…

This one is an especially hard one; she was one of my first celebrity autographs. My group of friends used to watch in the San Francisco Chronicle for two theaters, the Coronet and Northpoint. When they were closed for a special event, it generally meant that LucasFilm was having a screening. We had hoped to go the…

I am arguing that the movie isn’t playing by its own rules: Batman is a self trained fighter with a level of guerrilla fighting knowledge (i.e Bat Cave trophies, the “dream”, his plan which levels the field with Superman) with a reasonable education, Wonder Woman is a fighter skilled with blade and shield which…

I think we are both trying to rationalize something; it is still is surprising to me that Batman, who is supposed to be this tactical genius who has trained Robins and so understands the idea of coordinated fighting and so literate that he should have a working knowledge of classical warfare, has no excuse for being…

The Amazons are as associated with Greek culture like the founding fathers are associated with America even though they were born British citizens... a quick perusal of depictions of Amazons shows that they are associated with sword, spear and shield. Batman is a master tactician, Wonder Woman is a seasoned warrior,…

“Not everyone reads up on Greek soldiers.”; Batman is fairly well educated and a pretty good judge of combat skills having trained himself, Robins etc... so he would know since I would think he read a little history of fighting and warfare (or saw 300). Next, if you examine the optics, Superman has killed one person…

There is a fair amount of documented info on the training of greek soldiers so it was pretty much expected to be able to use a sword, spear and shield; this is beside the point because Superman had no training in any armed combat and relies on his power to muscle through. This would work if he wasn’t weakened by…

Having just made mushroom risotto with Hen of the Woods and shiitake mushrooms in my Instant Pot, I’m going with Instant Pot.

Having just made mushroom risotto with Hen of the Woods and shiitake mushrooms in my Instant Pot, I’m going with…

Notice her Greek style armor and that she fights with sword and shield which suggests a skill with old school Greek style handheld weapons...

Thank you.... no, don’t give the spear to the woman who has trained like a hoplite warrior since she was a toddler.... hand to to the dour duffus who has probably never used a weapon in his life.

Sorry to be that guy but the AirPod compatibility is

Not to be “that” guy, but as an epipen user, my insurance covers the price so well that I did not know about the price increase until I read about it. For her, she became interested in the product for legitimate reasons, became spokes-celebrity, and discovered like the rest of us how aggressively the price increase…

I was fairly unsuccessful with the treatment but did get a full blown case of anaphylactic shock once. After several shots of adrenaline and prednisone, I was driven across the street by the head of the allergy clinic of a major hospital to the urgent care by which time my symptoms had died down. The oddest things I…

There is also a treatment in Europe which involves uv cross linking the cornea which seems to work much better than surgery (no need for the enzymes that support the cornea and prevent keratoconus, one time treatment, seems permanent) that is also undergoing FDA approval. My sister was treated and it works well. http:/…

I was expecting someone to mention Naomi Campbell’s BabyWoman...

Technically, we as Americans have: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

In truth, our lab had some interactions with the lab of Millie Hughes-Fulford who is a bone fide astronaut. I asked her about the comfort and danger level on the shuttle; the astronauts are sleep deprived, congested, nauseous, stinky, and itchy... and it is quite dangerous statistically... so movies just give you a…