I attribute my continuing good health to a lifetime's avoidance of the medical profession. There are some who argue it's the other way round, but it would take more than bland assertion and a plausib… (View Post)

Their other purpose is to bang out pennies and tuppences as if it was still 1971. Or even 1871. (View Post)

Trump's last VP pick was one solid oak door away from getting lynched so it isn't necessarily a desirable role. (View Post)

I've always regarded Kurt Vonnegut Jr as the most prescient 20th century author. You might find this amuse bouche from 1950 ... err ... amusing: http://newmediaabington.pbworks.com/f/vonnegut_EPICAC.… (View Post)

It's rapidly morphing into something else, certainly. Our self-congratulation at winning the Cold War looks absurd in retrospect. Somewhere near the beginning of D&FotRE Gibbon argues that the da… (View Post)