While I’m completely in awe over Chris Hemsworth’s physical physique, beautiful blue eyes and gorgeous locks, I am now, also in awe of his acting abilities.  Chris who also plays Thor, did an outstanding job of playing James Hunt in this “based on a true story” about the revelry between two race car drivers, (James Hunt and Niki Lauda, played by Daniel Brühl).  I loved the great Ron Howard’s directional approach to this topic of race cars, noisy engines and big egos with just the right amount of love interests and morality to keep it balanced and interesting.

Daniel César Martín Brühl González Domingo (his birth name) brought his character, Niki Lauda, to life with all the passion, motivation, and skill required to play this complex role.  Normally, I would have been bored to death watching cars run around a track, as I am not a fan of race…

I thought Facebook was bad enough but now I’ve found Twitter I think life as I knew it is officially over.

I’ve had a Twitter account for quite a while … mainly to plug my written maunderings, as all writers are urged to do these days. It’s supposed to help us ‘build a brand’ and boost sales of our books, blah di blah di blah. Meh … that’s a load of gentlemen’s seeding equipment.

What Twitter really is

Chill chill on the best view point in Koh Samui Thailand

As we enter an age of being online all the time, the internet is no longer a separate faction of the human experience. It’s not just an occasional tool – it’s an extension of ourselves. With that being said, the way in which we do business is undergoing drastic changes. Whether the old-school salesperson likes it or not.

The days of Auto Dealer 1.0 are over, where people relied on a handful of reasonably available sources to make the best automotive decision. One source being the salesperson, another being the ads they’d seen about the product, and the other being what they’d heard from friends and family. Relationships were built upon an entirely different foundation before Kelly Blue Book was at the fingertips of damn near every customer.

Whether you’re a top dawg, an old dawg, or a green pea, if you’re experiencing strain because of the saturation of over-information…

After 40 years in solitary confinement, the terminally ill inmate may be going home.

U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson did a remarkably good and decent thing today — something that every judge should aspire to do in the right circumstances. He found a way to bring a small measure of justice to a man whose entire life had been rife with injustice. He found a way to order the immediate release of Herman Wallace, a terminally ill prisoner who spent 40 years in solitary confinement at the notorious Angola prison in Louisiana in a 6′ by 9′ cell for a murder there was no valid evidence he committed.

Last week, I wrote about this case here at The Atlantic because I felt it comprised so many of the failings of the American justice system. A black man whose trial is marked by racial animus…

I visited the Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum last week. I wasn’t sure what to expect. The admission fee is only 30 rupees (less than 50 cents in USD terms.) I ended up being pleasantly surprised. It took me back to childhood visits to Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. Granted it’s neither on the scale of the windy city’s museum nor as well-maintained, but it’s largely interactive and has some fascinating–if often retro–displays. It’s great for kids or adults who’d like to revisit the science that they’re forgetting, and to do so in a way that’s entertaining.

The museum consists of five exhibit halls and a few other stand-alone displays both inside and outside the building. Outside one will see an old locomotive, a copy of India’s first indigenously-built fighter jet, an Archimedes water drill, and a big steam turbine. One’s visit inside, unfortunately, begins inauspiciously with a solitary…