The Real History of the Middle Finger. Maybe.
Some stories just keep coming round and round again. That’s why God invented Snopes; to helpfully and hopefully explore the veracity of stories shared by…
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Superhero Fashion 101
On Halloween night, while waiting for kids to come begging for candy, I sat on the couch and started throwing strange but simple prompts at…
The Soul for Getting Down: The Spirited History of Halloween Parties
Feeling a little on edge? Like someone is looking over your shoulder? Do you hear a creaking sound in an otherwise silent room? Wait! Was…
A No BS Guide to Getting Rid of Your Back Pain!
Let’s start with my tragic backstory. I suffered with crippling back pain for more than twenty years. I’m talking about being out on my back,…
Everything’s Coming Up AI Roses
TRIGGER WARNING! This post paints AI in a largely positive way. Readers who feel threatened by positive outlooks may want to avoid this one. Too…
Bromelain for Nasal Polyps: Personal Experience
If you don’t know what I’m talking about here, consider yourself lucky and just move on. This isn’t likely to be too interesting for you…
Confusing Religion and Technology
“If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” – Abraham Maslow I’m not entirely sure why, but I’ve been putting off…
Your Smartphone Camera’s Deep, Dark, AI Secret
As viral art apps from Stable Diffusion, to Midjourney, to DALL-E 2, stoke fears about machines stealing human creativity, it’s worth remembering we’ve been training…
AI Generated Videos, In Minutes!
Years ago, when we bought our first Google Home unit (as soon as it was available), I described the technology as “magic”. I demonstrated it…
The Quill vs. The Algorithm: Can Writers and AI Coexist?
As I write this, the WGA, the Writers Guild of America, has been on strike for three months; the strike started May 2, 2023. Just…