Tiny Rages - Page 5 of 6 - The misadventures of a middle aged misanthrope

I think the first time I ever paid attention to resource management was when my buddy Josh coaxed me into playing Terraforming Mars one night during our bi-weekly “games that let you feel intellectually superior to others” session. When he picked me up five hours later (courtesy of his), I was surrounded by plastic trees...

This experiment started out as innocent enough. I was reading a paper from the Journal of Theoretical Physics titled “The continuity of spacetime manifolds as it relates to common objects.” Okay, physics was never my strong suit—I did get a PhD in molecular biology, after all. But the concept behind spacetime manifolds hooked me. If...

It started with strawberries. Perfectly innocent strawberries. Fluffy, temptingly pint-sized strawberries that would rot inexplicably before their time in my refrigerator’s bottom drawer. Even when I was diligent about rotating my berries – moving the ones from the store to the drawer’s back, as you’re supposed to do – those babies just sat there mocking...