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Scott Robinson
Mar 20, 20215 min read
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It’s hard to convey to Millennials, let alone Zoomers, just what it was like growing up in a world where Star Trek was just a single TV...
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Scott Robinson
Mar 13, 20215 min read
Fake Beatles in Space
Two high school friends informed this next great nerd discovery, one that merged my two great lifetime loves: science fiction and the...
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Scott Robinson
Mar 13, 20213 min read
Major Matt Mason
It was 1968, I think. I’d have been seven years old. Kennedy’s quest for the moon was well underway, and as young as I was, it somehow...
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Scott Robinson
Feb 10, 20216 min read
Story Time
By Scott Robinson Eager footsteps and loud giggles pushed against the cold, gray stillness that hovered like fog in front of him, and it...
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Scott Robinson
Feb 9, 20212 min read
21st Century Grown-Ass Housekeeping
And now, young son, your Uncle Scott is going to guide you across the hazardous terrain of housekeeping. You’re already familiar with the...
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Scott Robinson
Jan 23, 202110 min read
How to Build Your Own Belief!
If you’re in the market for beliefs, there is of course no shortage. They’re everywhere! You can’t turn around without tripping over one,...
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Scott Robinson
Dec 6, 20205 min read
Strange Loops, Pets, and Conscious Planets
Oft have we pondered the mystery of strange loops – those bits and pieces of thought, emotion, memory and experience that pass between us...
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Scott Robinson
Dec 1, 20208 min read
My Sweet George
George was the first Beatle to post up a #1 single as a solo artist. And a magnificent first #1 it was, becoming the biggest selling...
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Scott Robinson
Nov 30, 20202 min read
It's in His Kiss
Science has, of late, confirmed what teenagers have known for more than 3,000,000 years: a human female’s desire to mate increases in...
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Scott Robinson
Nov 30, 20203 min read
The Stinky T-Shirt Test
The Joy of Sex emphasizes the importance of male scent in female sexual selection. “When it's a question of bed or not-bed, they let...
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Scott Robinson
Nov 30, 20204 min read
Hyperindividualism and the Second Mountain
Once upon a time, David Brooks was a soldier of the conservative right. During this period, he had wandered out of a liberal youth...
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Scott Robinson
Nov 26, 20209 min read
Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain...
For tens of millions the world over, the passing of Sean Connery is no small sorrow. The Scottish screen icon’s singular voice narrated...
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Scott Robinson
Nov 23, 20203 min read
On the Nature of a Book
A few moments ago, I found myself trying to read from a book with one hand and type with the other. This posture is non-optimal for...
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Scott Robinson
Nov 23, 20203 min read
Libraries
It is a September Saturday morning, and my daughter has resumed her weekend dance class – and I, once again, have the happy duty of being...
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Scott Robinson
Nov 21, 20206 min read
My Number
“It may seem odd to you that I’ve never asked your number,” she said across the dinner table. She kept her voice a bit low, as there were...
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Scott Robinson
Nov 21, 20201 min read
Julie Andrews Redux
"MY FAVORITE THINGS" Corny affections and soft Journey crooning, Hour-long backrubs and reacharound spooning, Lengthy French kisses as...
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Scott Robinson
Nov 14, 20202 min read
Hot Nerd Talk
So what are you wearing right now? An Apple watch Tell me EVERYTHING you're wearing right now! An Apple watch See, now I won't be able to...
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Scott Robinson
Nov 14, 20203 min read
Money, Guns, and Dildos
For all the gun lobby’s endless ranting about the Second Amendment and the citizen’s right to fight back against the Big...
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Scott Robinson
Nov 14, 20204 min read
The Carpet and the Drapes
I feel it a matter of principle, as I am so free and loose with what I consider my best thoughts, that I openly confess my even-more...
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Scott Robinson
Nov 4, 20203 min read
The Pieces of a Life
We like to think our lives are defined by the Big Things that inhabit it. Our faith. Our convictions. Our politics. Our values. That’s an...
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