Garth Sundem has a lot of fun talking to a bunch of scientists who seem to spend a good deal of time thinking about things that aren’t all that important. Among the topics covered are how to talk your way out of a traffic ticket, how to lose weight by eating 8 hours a day, and how to win a race by taking the best angle on the turns. As the subtitle suggests, we get advice from 93 top scientists-and since the book is only 250 pages thick, this means there is not a lot of in depth coverage of…
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Skyfall
James Bond is an old man now. M is an even older woman. The good old days of being a spy are gone. Super Villains just aren’t what they used to be. Skyfall wasn’t too bad, it just wasn’t too great either. The film opens with a car chase and then has about a five minute long opening credits. I honestly can’t remember the last time I saw opening credits on a movie. It was one of countless little flashbacks to the good old days of Bond films. James Bond may be old, but he is standard issue Bond-James Bond. …
Plan B with Conan O’Brien
Conan’s new show is much like Conan’s old shows. Conan comes out and makes a few jokes. He gets some support and heckling from sidekick Andy Richter. He feeds off the energy of the audience. He chats up random famous and semi-famous and wanna be famous people. If you like Conan, you’ll like his new show. By far the best bit I’ve seen is a commercial where Conan goes to India to create the perfect set of red curtains for his show. I have no idea what this commercial is for, or if it is, in fact, for anything. But…