Below The Beltway

That’s what one computer scientist seems to think:
Until I talked to Nick Bostrom, a philosopher at Oxford University, it never occurred to me that our universe might be somebody else’s hobby. I hadn’t imagined that the omniscient, omnipotent creator of the heavens and earth could be an advanced version of a guy who spends his […]

Feel guilty for something you might have done wrong ? Why bother, after all, everyone agrees that you’re not responsible.

My lunchtime blog surfing tells me that today is Brad Warbiany’s birthday.
He asks us to raise a pint to him tonight……..
Just a pint Brad ?

There have been several stories recently about Parker Brothers making changes to its signature board game, Monopoly, in an effort to revive the game’s popularity. Well, at least one change we now know of — say goodbye to paper Monopoly money, its all plastic now.
Monopoly board game players can now pay for properties with debit […]

That’s the only conclusion I can reach after reading this story about girls losing their virginity in the summertime:
Sometimes the memory comes out of nowhere. Maybe you’re sitting on your deck on a summer night after the kids have gone to bed. Or stuck in traffic after work, thinking about the 800 things you have […]

Believe it or not, there are people in the Metro D.C area who choose to live without air conditioning.
Growing up in Buffalo, N.Y., where summers are short and heat advisories are rare, Elissa David never had air conditioning. Her parents didn’t believe in it. Now she lives here, where on some summer days the only […]

Salon has a piece up by Jody Jenkins describing the hell that he and his family went through when he decided to take some seemingly innocent pictures of his children during a camping trip:
As usual during the trip, we took several photos. Because I forgot my digital camera, I bought a disposable camera at a […]

Maybe, maybe not.
Lightning strikes Las Vegas:

I’ve been a fan of George Will for a long time. I don’t always agree with his conclusions, but I love his writing style, and I can’t really disagree too much with someone who loves the game of baseball as much as he does.
He usually writes about politiics, or foreign policy, and baseball. In Thursday’s […]

At Spark It Up!!, One Wise Girl points to this study from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration listing the ten deadlist driving days. Not surprisingly, three of the most dangerous driving days fall within the July 4th weekend, Christmas and New Years Day are also well represented.
What I can’t figure out is why my […]