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The Long View 2005-10-04: Marvin the Paranoid Android

In a major break from John, I really liked the movie version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and hated the book. My wife suggested the problem was that I tried to read it as an adult, and since the book is literally sophomoric, you really need

The Long View 2005-09-29: Urban Legends; Theopathology; 1914+

A lot of the worst rumors following hurricane Katrina in New Orleans were not true. At least some of the examples of police brutality in the aftermath were true. Urban Legends; Theopathology; 1914+ No one doubts the Katrina disaster was mismanaged, but even while it was going on, it was

The Long View 2005-09-27: The Triumph of the Will

I keep meaning to read Francis Bacon's The New Atlantis. I bought a copy in 2011, and I haven't got around to it yet. I've been working through the backlog recently, so maybe I'll get to it soon. It is a part

The Great Year Book Review

By Nicholas Campion Penguin Arkana, 1994 696 Pages, US$14.95 ISBN 9780140192964 I picked this book up on the advice of Damian Thompson, Catholic gadfly and Internet rabble-rouser. It has taken me a while to get around to it, but this is a propitious time. This book is by

The Long View 2005-09-22: Bush makes the sun go nova.

NASA finished up the Exploration Systems Architecture Study (ESAS) in 2011. At this point, Elon Musk is showing them up. Bush makes the sun go nova. Does the president have any friends left? He has a popular base that is probably a plurality of the people, and a majority will

Linkfest 2017-08-18

Short shrift today, since we are going camping, so here is the full first episode of the new DuckTales from Disney. A 120-Year Lease on Life Outlasts Apartment Heir From 1995, but still interesting.

How to turn a Vintage Zenith Radio Cabinet into a Lighted Bar Part 3: Cabinet Work

Cabinet Work Starting with cutting the door, the interior of the cabinet needed to be reconfigured to make it workable. The Door My across-the-street neighbor has a nice woodshop in his second garage, so I asked to borrow his table saw to cut the door. I finished up the top