Go buy a cheap piece of PVC or make a cardboard tube 8' long and at least 3" diameter (I also used 3 triangle FedEx packing containers, just overlap correctly). Decorate it. Sit in a chair and put candy in it that can fall into a bowl. Chemical lights on the bowl for night visibility are a bonus. Let kids get candy…

It’s always sad when the creator of something your enjoy turns out to be imperfect or worse. I met an author when I was a teen who was an ass. I still enjoyed the stories, but they were tainted. JK has managed to do the same thing only she’s not an ass as much as someone full of hate. It’s much worse. I read HP to my…

As a white guy (yes, a white guy likes reading Michael Harriot’s articles) I can say that many white people know the system is totally rigged but most of us are in the same helpless situation as black people: we aren’t rich or powerful enough to make changes. And voting only works until you realize we have the best…

My posts get deleted, but maybe you’ll see this Mr. Young before it’s gone.

Unfortunately, his grave was moved 3 times due to cemeteries closing. So, is he really interned where they say or is it someone else? The people that moved the body did it with reverence, so chances are you could find his DNA.

Black hat and white hat had to do with the 1920's black and white spaghetti westerns. The good guys wore white hats, the villains wore black hats. It was a way to differentiate between good and evil for uneducated audiences. Good/evil was too religious for programmers so they used the hat analogy. Personally, I never…

Got me. The headline made me curious about what you were going to write... I was not disappointed.

You are right, it is a particularly scary map..I’m guessing that was the point? 90% of the cases in my state can be traced back to a single group of people returning from Egypt. The world is big but people go everywhere and you never know if those people know someone in your town.

‘Because what better way to avoid a potential racial discrimination lawsuit?”

Given the rest of the space around the planet, that is really the least of the science problems here. Where is the actual sun? How can a sun survive surrounded by black holes (gravity wells) and all the other space debris they threw in? How can a planet orbit said sun without colliding with said debris? The entire…

I was in a good mood after leaving a great job site, and I was asked to go to additional screening on my 0-dark-30 flight. I have a computer and had been to an industrial site, and I’ve been down this road before. But I was there early and had plenty of time and that put me in a weird mood so I said to the others in…

“Don’t be creepy” is still a catchphrase from this show the wife and I use. It is a fun date-night movie, definitely targeted at the YA audience.

“midichlorians”: I preferred Kenobi’s answer of “an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us, penetrates us, and binds the galaxy together.” That’s almost quantum mechanics level explanation without any facts explaining it, which is perfect. If they needed a way to evaluate the force capabilities of…

I saw a fan-fic version of Ep1 where all of Jar-Jar’s dialogue was replaced by a deep voiced “alien” language with subtitles that were in perfect English.

You’re supposed to get out of your car? Like...outside? That’s crazy.

It never ceases to amaze me how stupid people can be. The people in the FBI are some of the most highly skilled individuals around; and yet...

Stealth tech used on drones. No worries about splat humans. Used at “training” area’s so testing against live military capabilities without bias but deniability and no real threat potential to generate true response requirements. The govt. successfully covered up the stealth fighter for years. This could be a similar…

Rich people have been buying their kids into colleges since colleges were created. Donated buildings come with a catch. Typically they are legacy students who wouldn’t have gotten in if grandpa’s parents hadn’t paid to get him in. The only reason this is news is because “new” rich people are trying to act like old…

You don’t put a hole in your own boat to protest the direction it’s going. There are about 2,500 employees at Riot. 150 went on this walkout. Corporate retaliation could have increased that number or lowered it, it’s a calculated risk. Toothless, but showing fangs on both sides means nobody has crossed a line they…

Hopefully, this works out well for everyone involved. As in: the leadership gets behind and enthusiastically supports the positive new direction the company is headed towards with no repercussions for employees. It sounds like leadership has been “keeping the status quo,” and that usually means bad things for those…