The Choking Doberman Lives...

the hook: an enduring urban legend

Way back in 1985, a ski lift at Colorado's Keystone resort collapsed, killing two and injuring scores more. The tragedy happened a week or so before Christmas on a Saturday, prime vacation skiing. At the time a Denver resident and avid skier, I knew plenty of people out on various slopes that day. In the following weeks, at least half a dozen people told me that they knew the person next in the lift line when the bull wheel collapsed.

Critical Thinking Failure II

Virus transmission through air

A family member – an in-law type – was regaling us not long ago about how all this social distancing is going to kill the restaurant business. Yeah, he's probably right, at least restaurants that can't survive on a drive-up window. I agree with the guy that this is tragic, not just because there won't be good places to eat, but also – and a damned-sight more important – because millions of people will be out of work when bars and restaurants fold.

Watch Out, Bill Gates, Fox Nation is Coming for You!

Here's recent news from that fount of accuracy, Facebook.com...

Right-wing media types are screaming that, to paraphrase someone I know, "Of course Bill Gates wants everyone to take the vaccine. He owns the patent on it!" over a YouTube video with a Fox News chiron. What? there's a vaccine out there? Why doesn't my doctor know about it? Hell, why doesn't the White House know about it?