Monthly Archives: April 2015

Thoughts on watching ‘Nashville’

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Pat Bowne

Nashville is my favorite show, but watching it sometimes feels like that old game where you say a word over and over until it stops being anything except a sound. That word is ‘strong.’ In the Nashville universe, everything you … Continue reading →

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‘So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed’ by Jon Ronson

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Pat Bowne

I preordered this book a while ago, and by the time it was delivered I was having second thoughts. I’d seen so many articles about it and excerpts from it that I wondered if there was anything left to be … Continue reading →

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The Martian is just the right mix

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Pat Bowne

I loved The Martian by Andy Weir from the first page to the last. The Martian is Competent Man fiction. This is the good kind of competent man fiction, too; the competent man takes his competence for granted. His moments … Continue reading →

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Mutiny on campus

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Pat Bowne

This weekend my socks are steamed by a bit of gossip I heard at work. It goes like this: There’s one job where I work that most of us hate doing, but that needs to be done. The folks in … Continue reading →

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April Fools’ repost from the Royal Academy – Why your diet didn’t work

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Pat Bowne

I first posted this a few years ago, and despite thousands of scientist-hours nobody has come up with a better explanation for the obesity epidemic. Enjoy! From the Royal Academy Archives Ten years ago it was fashionable in some circles to … Continue reading →