Monthly Archives: February 2009

Set your DVRs

Set your DVRs.  Chef David Kinch of Manresa in Los Gatos is appearing on Iron Chef America to take on Iron Chef Bobby Flay on March 15.   I’ve been to Manresa a dozen times over the past several years and … Continue reading

Food & Wine, Television

The Friday Thingy

Religion isn’t the opiate of the masses.  It’s the placebo. -  Dr. Gregory House (“House”)

Social, Religion, Television

Random Crap

The TV show The New Adventures of Old Christine last week had a nice pro-science comment.  The character Mathew revealed that he was dating the lunch lady from his nephew’s school.  He then  lists all of her faults.  The last … Continue reading

Books, Hockey, Social, Religion, Television

The Friday Thingy

…we all do what we do for the same reason: because it seems like a good idea at the time. -Babylon 5

Television

On This Date…

On this date in 1600, Giordano Bruno was burned alive in Rome for heresy.  His crime:  he believed numerous other worlds harbour extraterrestrial life.  He was also a proponent of heliocentrism (the sun and not the earth is the center … Continue reading

Science, Social, Religion, Space