The Martian and our Better Nature

Our family enjoyed the book The Martian by Andy Weir when we read it this summer. Great storytelling. And SCIENCE! Yay. What’s not to love? So we saw the movie opening night. It did not disappoint. Yes, they inevitably made some changes to adapt it to screen (read this article to watch a funny video…

Resurrection People

The news has been bringing me down lately. I know there is always bad news out there. And I know to monitor my intake of it. I know to look for stories that reflect something other than the fear mongering or the dregs of human behavior in which some media channels tend to traffic. This…