(Editor’s Note: The first few paragraphs are a bit of a digression away from the primary purpose of this post. I tend to do that from time to time. If you’ve got time and patience feel free to read it. If you’d rather ignore my ramble but still want to read the post, skip down [...]

Not long ago a friend recommended a new movie ranking website. It’s called Flickchart. He said it was super-addictive and that it was a great way to create a favorite movie list. Being a Beta site, he needed to refer my name before I could join. I recently got an email with a username and [...]

I’ve never been a Star Trek fan myself, in fact if it weren’t for those Priceline.com commercials I probably wouldn’t even know who William Shatner was (TJ Hooker was just before my time).
I do know that there are millions of “Trekkies” out there who can’t get enough of the series and who have flooded the [...]

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
-George Carlin
I doubt anyone has ever had a better understanding of how much humans lack intelligence than George Carlin. His wit and sarcasm would be even funnier if part of us weren’t concerned he might be right. It’s entertainment [...]