Richard's Pretension

Since the earlier post More Dust, More Disks more DVDs have spun their tales in my den in an ongoing home project to play the contents ...

The discussion of generational differences a couple posts back prompted me to pick up Generations: The History of America ’s Future 1584 t...

Last April I began a deliberate effort to view the DVDs that had accumulated in my closet (see Of Dust and Disks ), excluding classic film...

Are generational differences real? I’ve heard the question asked in all seriousness within the past week. Short answer: Of course they are...

Two weeks ago in the post The Big Brain Theory , I remarked on the inverse relationship between intelligence and fertility. Given the hi...

I live in a single story house, but a portion of my basement is finished; I use this basement room as my library. This keeps the upstairs ...

The most highly rated sitcom in the US at present is The Big Bang Theory , now in its 6 th season.  The main characters are scientists w...