Nasa is designing a squid-like robot to explore the oceans beneath Europa's frozen surface. This has me so excited and I just feel happy to be alive while these kinds of things are going on. Imagine being the one to look through this thing's eyes and see the first sight of extra-terrestrial life. I can't …
Music, evolving like an organism
I recently watched this video from one of my favorite YouTube channels, SciShow, and got me off on a thought tangent. I've always wondered about how non-life things could evolve, such as languages and cultures, and music is just the same. It endures the same selection pressures as life, if you take some imaginative interpretations. …
Better Watch Saul
I just finished this Breaking Bad spin-off featuring the 'criminal lawyer', Saul Goodman, in his life before Walter White, when he was known as James McGill. He's a struggling public defender living paycheck to paycheck out of an office in the back of a nail salon, looking for a big case to make his name. …
The final Hobbit movie, or “WAAARRRRR”
I just watched this in the bargain theater in my town, at 3.50$ a ticket, and it was worth it. I also saw the second movie a while ago, sort of, I think I fell asleep before finishing it, so consider this a sort of review of that movie also. I don't really remember what …
The Judge
I spent 1/3 of this movie waiting for it to start, another third waiting for it to end. The middle was filled with vomit, diarrhea, and a wisecracking Tony Stark. If you are expecting a courtroom drama, as I was, don't waste your time. This is a family drama about family issues. It's about a lawyer …

