December 11, 2009

200 Years to Christmas


You know you're stressed and have been reading too many books about aliens when even Christmas seems like Science Fiction. But this is exactly how I feel:

December 8, 2009

A Happy Moment


A few weeks ago, in a presentation I was giving on humanism and the alien, I was obliged to summarize the plot of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

Not as a joke.

Not as a loose metaphor.

Not as an entertaining aside.

But as a central part of my larger argument.


Sometimes I really like what I do.

December 6, 2009

Because scarves are in fashion


December 4, 2009

NEWS FLASH!


It's snowing in Houston.