Shadow of the male

"He Named Me Malala," the story of the bravest young woman on Earth, has one problem.

"He" gets top billing. I'm sure her father's a marvelous man.

But he didn't get shot in the head. The Taliban respect his genitalia.

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Go "rate" yourself, Kindle

My dislike of the moronic features of my new Kindle Paperwhite ebook is fading, except:

At the end of every book, a page appears demanding that I "rate" the book. This page interferes with reading all the way to the end of the book.

Demands that people "rate" everything they touch are the advertising version of TB, HIV, Ebola.

That's not hyperbole.

No, Kindle, the only things I can "rate" are your uninvited waste of my time, and the unwarranted intrusion into something I paid for.

Negative stars.

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Nature's wonderful use of physics

Sunday, 5:50 p.m.: a sublime rainbow lit up the eastern sky of the Truckee Meadows in a towering arch that spanned at least 5 miles through the air.

On Interstate 80 just east of Vista Boulevard, the rainbow appeared to actually touch the highway.

Water, light, air.

Breathtaking.

Life didn't suck quite so dreadfully during those few minutes.

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At least they're consistent

The first rebroadcast of "Nightly" was still screwed up ... but the commercials were different.

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Religious cultist on the campaign trail

I'm not paying attention, much, to presidential debates and such, so I'm behind the curve, but:

Has anybody pointed out that Dr. Ben Carson is Seventh Day Adventist? Born and bred?  He managed to become a brain mechanic without learning about evolution, modern science, etc.

He's hip deep in superstition.  He picks and chooses whatever belief is most convenient at the time.

Repubs who choked on Romney's Mormonism should look up the Seventh Day Adventists, yet another Christian church invented in America.

President Carson will destroy the Department of Education, giving his cult and its friends the ability to destroy science education, state by state. Once science education is gone, the United States' slide into third-world status is guaranteed.

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That way lies madness

If I were conspiracy-minded, I would be whooping and hollering about why "The Daily Show" and "The Nightly Show" last night (Oct. 14) were screwed up on my Charter cable.

In the middle of each half-hour, commercials cut in during the actual show, wiping out content, a minute or more each time.

It's probably technician incompetence.

Probably.

I set a DVR to catch the first re-broadcasts. I might remember to check sometime today. Hooray for fast-forward.

And: "South Park" is genius. It's sad that the morons it blasts don't watch it. Morons never recognize themselves, anyway.

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Say it ain't so, Joe

If Veep Biden can't make up his mind in all the time he's been dicking around with the decision to run or not run, he doesn't really want it.

The fire's gone.

Joe should be, too.

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Seeking Superman's email address

Anybody know where I can borrow a device that will let me peek through the ceiling of my apartment?

I want to find out what the young couple who live upstairs do during their twice or thrice weekly freak-outs, during which they make all sorts of noises that reverberate through the floor.

No, not those noises.

It's like they move every piece of furniture by bouncing it along. Their flat, like mine, is carpeted; it must take extra effort to project such thumps and thuds. Some nights, they open and close the glass/screen door to their balcony five or six times within 10 minutes.

They used to drop still-lit cigarette butts on the sidewalk, but it's cleaner out there now.

I'm a night owl, so their Riverdance routines don't wake me up. I'm just curious/snoopy.

Thud, stomp, slam, thud, thud ...

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Hell-bound at high speed

Kim Davis's mindless hypocrisy keeps getting better and better. Obviously, she skipped Sunday School when the 10 Commandments were taught.

"False witness," Kimmy ... that means don't lie.

You and your lawyer are going to spend eternity roasting in Hell.

The Pope is pissed. His ambassador's gonna need a new job.

And, Kimmy? Jesus is crying. Totally your fault.

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