In my experience, the difference between “Oh look it’s snowing” and “Oh no it’s snowing” is about thirty-six inches or three days; whichever comes first. Individual flakes are harmless; in small groups they’re adorable; in large quantities they are dangerous and uncontrollable … sort of like toddlers. Except you never have to use a [...]

  SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT This episode is part of the TechTalkForFamilies Podcast Scavenger Hunt. Check out the details at: http://www.techtalkforfamilies.com/contest and then listen to the episode for a special clue! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= In primitive cultures, nobody had clocks. They didn’t have any use for clocks. One guy would ask, ‘What time is it?’ and everyone else would [...]

  Much of human history is concerned with the way that people get from one place to another. Our earliest ancestors traveled on foot, braving the elements, avoiding attack by wild animals and suffering really nasty blisters. Some forgotten genius came up with the idea of riding on animals and things improved. Somebody else (the [...]

  On the great feedlot of life, I’m just another barbecue-on-the-hoof, passing time mooing and waiting for the day they award me a gold watch and shoo me into the stunning pen. In terms of domestication, I’m at a ninety-two on a ten-point scale. I realized the full extent of my tractability at the local [...]