Future Stories

By the late 2070s, one of the world's most notorious contaminants is finally disappearing from use.

I have maintained a 16-hour Intermittent fasting, Myfitness Pal and Exercise plan. I have lost a few more pounds, since I first blogged about starting the new plan. It has been an average loss of one pound a week for 7 weeks. I have been able to most confine eating to between noon and 8pm. I have eaten a bit more between noon and 8pm. I have used the excuse of not eating a breakfast to have a bit more food at lunch and dinner or in the afternoon. I will try and make the following modifications * Avoid drinking

Banning plastic straws and plastic bags are justified to as part of a solution to plastic in the oceans and reduction of landfill. Even advocates admit that these regulations will not solve the ocean problem. Straw bans are intended as a gateway plastic to encourage the movement to biodegradable trash. Many people with disabilities need straws to consume foods and beverages. In 2015, researchers found the world has 275 million metric tons of plastic waste in one year and 4.8 million to 12.7 million metric tons get into the oceans. Straws are only 0.03% of plastics that enter the oceans

The Director of the European Council of Foreign Relations, Mark Leonard, spent a week in Beijing talking to officials and intellectuals and he says many in Beijing are awed by Trumps skill as a strategist and tactician. China’s elite think the US president’s goal is nothing less than remaking the global order. They think Mr Trump feels he is presiding over the relative decline of his great nation. It is not that the current order does not benefit the US. The problem is that it benefits others more in relative terms. Current alliances and international institutions are constraining America and

Appearing at this weekend’s Television Critics’ Association press event, Netflix talked about when we should expect to see more Stranger Things , and why the wait is so long. Read more...

Michael B. Jordan’s time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is probably over, barring some flashback scenes in the Black Panther sequel or a weird side effect of the snap heard ’round existence at the end of Avengers: Infinity War . But his raw and powerful performance as Erik Killmonger (a.k.a N’Jadaka) earned him lots… Read more...

Two people enter into a pharmaceutical trial that promises to fix everything that ails their minds. And then things get out of hand. Read more...

In the grand tradition of the X-Men themselves, death is never the end. Read more...

Writing a complex ensemble cast in an ongoing television show is tricky. Sometimes, you want to build up the major conflict, but you just... can’t let it happen . It’s a problem. Read more...

100 Monster Hunts is a simple idea. As a Dungeon Master, you can roll on a giant table and get a random “monster hunt,” or a small designed encounter with a monster. Players then go deal with that monster. It’s clean, it’s simple, and it’s helpful. Read more...