Guitars Make the World Better
People love music, and it seems that we have from the beginning of prehistory. One can imagine ancient caves in which rocks were knocked together and hollow logs were pounded [...]
Articles by Tony Moir
About Tony Moir
Sweatpants & Humor | How Beer Determines Who You Are in the Pool
So. Beer. Here is the thing about beer. It’s basically just tea that has been fermented to give it some alcohol, and in the case of craft beer, it’s been [...]
Sweatpants & Humor | Overthinking Star Trek
The Overthinker overthinks some of the many nuances of the Star Trek universe. [...]
Personal Essays | The Power of Love & Chocolate Cake
The romance of a lifetime begins with a slice of famous chocolate cake. [...]
Eats & Drinks | For the Love of Fast Food
When I was fourteen I got my first real job, working at a Taco Bell as a fryer. It was a mixed blessing, because the reason I could work there without violating child labor [...]
Sweatpants & Humor | Arrrr! Hear Ye th’ History ‘n Why t’ Speak as a True Pirate This Day!
International Talk Like a Pirate Day, September 19, be a holiday created in days of 1995 yore by John “Ol’ Chumbucket” Baur ‘n Mark “Cap’n Slappy” [...]
Sweatpants & Soul | In Defense of Grief
At the time that they leave, it feels like we will never be the same again. And it turns out that that is true. We are redefined after we lose someone who was a big part of [...]
Sea Monkeys: False Advertising of Science Can Still be Fascinating!
Many people may remember their first realization that things may not in reality always be as they are portrayed. Some people probably learned this from their experience [...]
Sweatpants & TV | Your Next Stop: The Twilight Zone
“It’s been said that science fiction and fantasy are two different things: science fiction, the improbable made possible; fantasy, the impossible made probable. What [...]
Sweatpants & Humor | The Overthinker on Sports Team Names
I have always been a huge baseball fan. I grew up in San Diego, so my team was almost never successful. It gave a sour grapes tinge to my fandom, but I did always wonder if [...]
