Stephen Hawking, the brilliant physicist, had one goal: to completely understand the universe. I wish the good Professor could have been here this week to explain to us mere mortals how our world [...]
A few days ago, I bought a carton of sour cream, a box of Lipton’s Onion Soup & Dip Mix and a burly bag of Kettle Potato Chips. I was convinced I needed this fattening, guilt-ridden Texas [...]
I woke up in an unbearably dark, gray birthday mood a week ago contemplating the first line in T.S. Eliot’s seminal poem, The Waste Land. Since then, I learned Eliot and his wife caught the [...]
