Category Archives: Whatever

Here’s a math problem: Medical researchers have developed a new cream fro treating skin rashes. New treatments often work but sometimes make rashes worse. Even when treatments don’t work, skin rashes sometimes get better and sometimes get worse on their … Continue reading →

…because your pledge will be matched, perhaps a couple of times over. Details here. And in what I am sure is a total coincidence, this happened today. So, yeah.

Scott Alexander: Whenever the media says something negative about Christians, comments and blogs and forums immediately fill up with claims that the media loves picking on Christians and that no one would ever publish a similar story about Muslims for … Continue reading →

(My niece got a copy of my new book for Christmas, and emailed me saying that she enjoyed the book and asking me if I’ll sign it. I don’t think Jemma will mind if I share the email I sent … Continue reading →

This piece, by Sarah Tuttle-Singer, will make you plotz: But then, with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, the rabbi yanked the drawer open, and in the process activated the iRabbit’s on-switch. Whirring, buzzing, and gyrating, this vibrator, unlike … Continue reading →

I don’t remember where I had to go, but I was happy to be taking the subway. The route I took is a route I’ve been taking for more than thirty years now, going back to when I was a … Continue reading →

President Obama was a serial killer. He was staying at a house on the woods and decided to sneak out at night to stake out the home of his next intended victims. He got chased through the woods by a … Continue reading →

Hey, if you’re in Chicago and would like to have dinner with me this Saturday night, somewhere near the Majestic Hotel, please drop me an email. (Or leave a comment.)