I find myself returning again and again to the vision of writers such as C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. The scene above has drawn me ever since I was a young lad and first read this novel. It reminds me of a glorious Protestant hymn: For all the saints who from their labors rest, Who […]

I love reading. My wife loves reading. Maybe that is why we fell in love. Thirty-five years after our marriage and over thirty-seven years since we met, I must admit that it is difficult to parse all the reasons we fell in love. But, most certainly one of them was because we both love reading. […]

As I am searching through the web, I have realized that there are quite a few pieces of art out there that imagine Calvin grown up. A type of mini-canon has developed. That is, most of the art assumes that Calvin and Susie fall in love and get married. They have a daughter, and her […]

A Fox News article today says: Conservative radio host Laura Ingraham said Thursday night she laments the fact she didn’t pay more attention to the Patriot Act when it was signed into law by former President George W. Bush in 2001. Speaking to Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly about the recent revelations the National Security Administration […]

In a Fox News article from yesterday, the following is said: Congress is turning up the heat on President Obama to cut the backlog of Veterans Affairs disability claims, which has gone up by 2,000 percent while the agency’s budget has increased by 40 percent over the past four years. … “As a reminder, during […]

A couple of weeks ago, the former director for Hispanic outreach for the Republican Party in Florida, Pablo Pantoja, changed from Republican to Democrat. This was only a couple of months after the Republican Party of Florida had announced a push to reach out to Latinos. Let me tell you something about him before I […]

The painting above was done by artist and comedian Craig Mahoney. I had not realized that there is fan-art out there that focuses on the theme of Calvin and Hobbes growing up. I like the painting above and the one below. Though the one below is done by a different artist, it pairs up well […]

This is a photograph from three days ago, from the funeral of a 9-year old Moore, Oklahoma tornado victim. On 20 May 2013, the Westboro Baptist Church tweeted that they were planning to picket the funerals of the tornado victims. On Thursday, morning, 23 May, they tweeted: Westboro Baptist Church to picket funeral of Xxxxxxx […]

I tend to watch a blog sited called Welcome Home Blog. It features reunions of loved ones after long months of military service. I had always assumed that this was because I am an emotional Latino. However, I recently realized that the emotions portrayed on that blog were identical to mine. No, I did not […]

OK fellow geeks, look at the comic above. To what field of science is the comic above referring? Who are the famous scientists mentioned? To what principles/thought experiments is the above comic referring? This has been a geek pun moment.