Monthly Archives: March 2006

Rainy Days

There’s this part of winter that I dread; the time when everything starts melting and April rolls around. It’s some strange weather phenomenon, I suppose, where everything turns gray: The sky is gray, the ground is gray, as is everything in between. The sunshine that manages to filter through the heavy, swollen clouds merely highlights [...]

Star Trek and the Failure of Common-Sense Tactics

I enjoy watching Star Trek from time to time. I fell in love with Voyager and Captain Janeway, and I’ve lately been going through Episode I of Star Trek Enterprise with Captain Archer. One thing always amazes me, though. The crew of the Enterprise is so blatantly naive. They never hesitate to send a tiny [...]