There are More Things in Heaven and Earth

  I divide the causes of human laughter into Joy, Fun, the Joke Proper, and Flippancy. You will see the first  among friends and lovers reu...

   Alright, I just got back from finally seeing Les Miserables and I am happy to say that I was not disappointed. For those of you wh...

I was recently asked whether or not I have a “safe person” in my life. I do. In fact I have several – my wife, my siblings and parents, an...

About three quarters of the way through one of my notebooks is a reminder that "science fiction and philosophy would be a good blog p...