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Archive for January, 2009

Greeks and the zen of drinking

Posted in Uncategorized on January 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »

This being a long and dry weekend for me, I thought this was an apt article to discuss from the NY Times on this long and boring Saturday morning at work…The Tipsy HeroBy Alexander Nazaryan A student in one of my English classes recently asked about the endless references to drinking wine in “The Odyssey.” [...]

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John Updike Dead at 76

Posted in Uncategorized on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Not a huge fan of his writings. I know…”How dare I” but I loved this quote taken from the AP article reporting his death.Born in Reading, Pa., raised in the Protestant community of Shillington, Pa., where the Lord’s Prayer was recited daily at school, Updike was a lifelong churchgoer influenced by his faith, but not [...]

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Ohhh….sad day

Posted in The seedy kingdom of geek on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Ricardo Montalban died yesterday at the age of 88. I don’t have much to say about this other than Khan used to scare the crap out of me as a kid. I remember doing the Capt. Kirk scream at him when ever I watched the movie *shakes fist*…”Khaaaaaaann!” Oh good stuff. Also the man had [...]

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Alfred Russel Wallace: Darwin’s Little Brother

Posted in Alfred Russel Wallace, Evolution on January 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I love this time of year. It is like my Christmas and Easter rolled into a big burrito of spicy science goodness. This and next month hold the birthdays of both Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. Good stuff and the media is actually grasping hold of it (somewhat) and running with it. Amazingly, the [...]

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Zen and the art of role-playing

Posted in The seedy kingdom of geek on January 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Ok, Bev and baby got in fine…at 11:30 New Years Eve. I found this blog and I think I love it. Perfect for the closet geek in all of us. Being a role-player through out Middle and High School, I can appreciate this fella’s passion. I don’t play any more, mind you. Not because I [...]

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