Author Archives: Lex

The Kilogram Diet: Lose An Average of 15 Pounds With The Power of Your Mind

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Lex

I have been a lifelong student of nutrition, dieting, and trying to be healthy. And if I learned anything, it’s the cynical fact that the diet that works is: Pick any diet that makes sense to you. Deceive yourself into … Continue reading →

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The Diablo 3 Existential Crisis: A New Age of Evil is Upon Us

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Lex

Diablo 3 will be released tomorrow, or as the following opening cinematic explains: “The powers of hell are on the way… It has begun…” I have a long history with Diablo and Diablo 2, and so the pull of it is strong. … Continue reading →

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Time Scale and Spatial Scale Is Important in Defining Life and Intelligence

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Lex

Main point: Defining “life” and “intelligence” becomes that much more difficult when you consider the possibility of an organism operating on a different scale of time and space than those “living” on Earth. In 1995, the first planet (51 Pegasi … Continue reading →

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President Obama Speaks in Support of Gay Marriage

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Lex

Obama publicly declared his personal belief that gay marriage should be legal. It was truly refreshing to hear the president speak out for gay rights on an issue where he is potentially far enough ahead of public opinion to lose votes over it. … Continue reading →

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Theory Evolution is Not Obvious

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Lex

Main point: Learn first. Make up your mind later. I personally think that the theory of evolution is one of the most beautiful and world-changing ideas ever discovered and formulated by man. But I don’t agree with a commonly stated … Continue reading →

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U.S. Prison Population

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Lex

Main point: U.S. Prison populations are growing, and there is no smoking gun or a clearly-identified simple solution. Each Friday, C-SPAN’s “America By the Numbers” segment features information from the federal statistical system. This week they did a program on … Continue reading →

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Game Change: 2008 Election in a Nutshell

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Lex

Game Change is almost but not quite a history book about the 2008 election. For folks that follow the week-to-week (or even day-to-day) of political commentary, should stop, and just wait to read about the simple truth of it all … Continue reading →

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Divorce Rates by Profession

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Lex

Surprisingly, not much good data is available connecting divorce rates and occupation. A 2010 study is the only one I found that does a relatively thorough job of it. The huge table below (listing divorce rates by profession) is the … Continue reading →

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A Parade of Sad Clowns

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Lex

I’ve recently heard a few episodes of Marc Maron’s WTF podcast and it made me think about what kind of things I find funny, entertaining, or just captivating to listen to. He is a manic, dark, paranoid storyteller. The humor for … Continue reading →

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The Drums of War and Nuclear Terrorism

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Lex

51% of Americans support military action to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon (source). 36% are against such military action. The above statistics scare me. To me it shows that while Americans are tired of war in Iraq and … Continue reading →

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