The Center Punch

      Another foray into the world of 9 Chickweed lane.  This piece draws on tropes from The Thoraxian Incident, but is a standalone story t...

     A phrase heard all too often these days is "Life is too short..."  The general implication is that life is too short to avoid...

     HFCS, known more precisely as high fructose corn syrup, is taking hits from sundry parties as being a bad actor in the myriad of junk f...

        Whoever manages the feat, whether it's Elon, the Chinese, or some other enterprise, establishing a  colony on Mars will be a mon...

     Following the shooting of a health insurance company CEO, the knives have come out, with many expressing glee at his demise.  Any cos...