(Update: Unfortunately, the hitchhiking robot has been irreparably damaged by vandals in Philadelphia. More in this later post.) In an interesting social experiment (described in an Associated Press report by Collin Binkley), a couple of Canadian researchers have launched a … Continue reading
This is a fun space opera with a nice sense of humor and flashes of humanity, but it has so many characters and such a convoluted plot that it would have helped if the film had come with orientation briefings … Continue reading
I don’t drink coffee and I’ve never liked the taste of it, but after watching this from Dr Aaron Carroll I’m thinking I should try to learn to like it. That’s especially true since I have problems with daytime sleepiness … Continue reading
A few decades in the future the Earth is suffering serious environmental problems and an associated economic depression. Diseases wipe out entire food crops while dust storms sweep across the landscape. Matthew McConaughey is a former astronaut now trying to … Continue reading
I’m not a particular fan of former pro wrestler and former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura, but in this clip he has some interesting responses to recent comments from Republican presidential candidates. Ventura’s language may offend some, and his replies aren’t … Continue reading
Jimmy Stewart is a successful Indianapolis surgeon happily married to Doris Day. They and their young son have been in Paris for a medical conference and are playing tourist in Morocco when a murdered man whispers an urgent message warning … Continue reading
As I keep saying, John Oliver, host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight, is a national treasure. Last Sunday he and the show’s staff did yet another excellent exposé, this one on the stupidity of giving vast amounts of unneeded welfare … Continue reading
It’s autumn in rural Vermont, the leaves are changing colors, and all’s not quite right with the world. Edmund Gwenn, best known as Kris Kringle in 1947’s Miracle on 34th Street, plays a retired sea captain who at the start of … Continue reading
Dr Aaron Carroll summarizes some three recent bits of medical news in the following video (which runs only about 4 1/2 minutes): Link: https://youtu.be/BEwE1RHHXFs Carroll, a pediatrician, notes that while a recent survey show some reduction in childhood exposure to violence, crime, and abuse, … Continue reading
In one of Hitchcock’s best films, Jimmy Stewart is a globe-trotting photojournalist temporarily confined to his Greenwich Village apartment by a broken leg. Grace Kelly is his devoted girlfriend, rich, classy, and heavily involved in the fashion industry. She wants … Continue reading