September 8, 2023 If only we were a little dumber Lately, I’ve been thinking about the ARHGAP11B gene. Thinking about ARHGAP11B a lot. No other creature with the exception of humans has the ARHGAP11B gene. I wish it…
August 7, 2023 Wayne’s World: Pigeons and ‘Goon Squads’ Lately, I’ve been thinking about pigeons. Thinking about them a lot. My current obsession with pigeons came out of the blue. Heretofore, I had…
July 23, 2023 Wayne’s World: From Formula 409 to loneliness to the complexity of the brain Lately, I’ve been thinking about Formula 409. Thinking about it a lot. My mother bought Formula 409 with gusto, likely with extreme prejudice against…
June 21, 2023 In less technical terms, we’re doomed Lately, I’ve been thinking about the Ordovician-Silurian extinction. Thinking about it a lot. Earthly extinctions come and go, but this one was particularly nasty….
April 18, 2023 Seriously, can humans become feral? Lately, I’ve been thinking of Yoshihiro Hattori. Thinking of him a lot. More than 30 years, the 16-year-old Japanese exchange student was on his…
March 1, 2023 Why do so many people embrace anger? I’ve been thinking about Steve Bartman. Thinking of him a lot because his 20th anniversary is coming up this fall. You Chicago Cub fans…
February 11, 2023 Media misinformation? I know who’s to blame I’ve been thinking about the “pee tape” this morning. Thinking about it a lot. No, I bring this up not as a bizzaro who…
February 1, 2023 If we’re that great, why beat the defenseless? Exactly 75 years ago today, I was still in utero. So I could not hear the mantra that America was the greatest nation on…
January 20, 2023 Thoughts that consume me 1) Life’s greatest mystery: What goes on between the earlobes of drivers who don’t use their headlights when it’s obviously way past sunset? Or…
September 20, 2022 Inches away from my moving car, this guy didn’t even care Here is how it went: I was driving north on Cassopolis Rd., near Simonton Lake. Two guys — buddies — walked across the…
August 19, 2022 Of predicting weather … spotting big cats … and already seeing Christmas reindeers Well, it’s been a quiet week in Lake Christiann, my adopted hometown out there east of Edwardsburg, Michigan The setting sun is slowly drifting…
May 24, 2022 Sheer bull-headedness may be the death knell for us all Warning No. 1: The following is going to hurt — badly — for ardent Notre Dame football fans. Warning No. 2. What follows Brian’s…
February 15, 2022 Are we whistling past too many graveyards? I love the term “whistling past the graveyard.” It speaks to me in terms of imagining people whistling a happy tune as they stroll…
December 14, 2021 In Wayne’s World, New Zealand ranks as No. 1 As many of you know I have long been touting the benefits of living in the greatest country on earth. New Zealand is an…
November 25, 2021 Idle thoughts from a hunter whose only hit was with a BB gun Idle thoughts while sitting in an orange folding chair, concealed by camouflage webbing while holding my Remington 30.06 (that’s Thirty Ought Six) rifle during…
