Monthly Archives: October 2016

Anti-Trump sticker perhaps?

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Steve
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Washington: a Life by Ron Chernow

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Steve

My first book on a Quixotic Quest to read up on all 44 presidents. Since I read David McCullough’s opus on Harry Truman 20 years ago I have two down and 42 to go. I figure William Harrison and James Garfield will … Continue reading →

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Stranger Things lives up to the hype

Posted on October 16, 2016 by Steve

Admittedly, I’m late to be on the Stranger Things bandwagon when this Netflix hit appeared in July. I was busy getting back into the groove of working, living and other crap which gets us all through the day. José recommended it … Continue reading →

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Stars ’16-’17 opener was awesome!

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Steve

Hockey season is back! Well, the NHL kicked things off with a few games last Wednesday but the AHL has to wait for the weekend being a development league in smaller markets. What am I saying, they have teams in … Continue reading →

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Italian #42: Dr. Camillo Golgi

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Steve

In the spirit of all those Nobel prizes being awarded, I decided to look up who was the first Italian to receive one and it was this gentleman; it was for Medicine. Golgi was considered the greatest neuroscientist and biologist of … Continue reading →

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Eighties flashback cartoon

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Steve

MALL 84 from Gervart on Vimeo.

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Italian #41: Joe Barbera

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Steve

Joe’s name may sound familiar to anyone over 35 because he was half of the prolific cartoon empire Hanna-Barbera. For about thirty years, these two dominated Saturday mornings with their animated shows. I readily admit many were formulaic and just … Continue reading →

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Idiocracy: ten years later screening

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Steve

Earlier this week, I had the good fortune to watch a tenth anniversary screening of Mike Judge’s second sleeper hit and somewhat prescient film Idiocracy. Alamo and a series of other art-house theaters screened the movie simultaneously while bookending the movie with … Continue reading →

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Storks: Rental

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Steve

This could’ve been worse. I was really drawn to it in the hopes of more Goldbergian machinery as the trailer showed. Instead it’s just a buddy/road trip flick as the stork named Junior and human called Tulip travel to deliver … Continue reading →

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Sweet hippos of San Marcos! Nanobots are real!

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Steve

Today, the Nobel Prize people awarded three European Scientists the 8m Swedish kronor prize in Chemistry for “nano-machines.” Five years earlier, they succeeded in making a molecular “car” drive across a piece of copper. It was only six billionths of a … Continue reading →

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Italian #40: Guido d’Arezzo

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Steve

Guido d’Arezzo is the person given the credit for inventing modern music notation that is widely followed. His two most famous creations are the staff, aka the five bars the notes are written on so you know which notes they are. … Continue reading →

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What time is it? Roll (special) 2d12!

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Steve

Looking back, the first d12 isn’t all that special! Any d12 would’ve covered the hour segment of the time but I do love the other with the the five-minute increments. They’re huge dice too, about the size of super balls. … Continue reading →

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Italian #39: Maria Gaetana Agnesi

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Steve

Although Maria never made any breakthrough or major contribution to math, she was the first European woman to publish a textbook (what they would call a handbook then) which focused on differential and integral calculus. I have little idea what … Continue reading →

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Got two astromechs and a microphone

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Steve

Yet when it comes to Jawas, the only thing you hear is their trademarked “Oo-tini!”

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Italian #38: Giuseppe Piazzi

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Steve

With all the news about Rosetta landing on a comet after 12 years in space, I wanted to kick off with the person who discovered the largest asteroid in our solar system, or maybe it’s a dwarf planet now…Ceres. Back when I … Continue reading →

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