The Fies Files

  [I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Monday until I run out of good ones.] In his novel 1984, George...

Me, Amber and Judd with our book cover (disclaimer: the actual book is not that large). I had a terrific time talking about Marvel Super Sto...

[NOTE: I scheduled this to run the week after the election some time ago because I figured something lighter than politics would be nice no ...

Meanwhile, in the "life goes on" department, I will be part of a panel and book signing marking the release of Marvel Super Storie...

[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Monday until I run out of good ones.] Tomorrow is the most fateful...

Too many media are casting this as a cutesy story about "googly eyes" on Mars. What it really is is freakin' amazing: video of...

Exclusive new footage from Trump's Madison Square Garden rally just released! What the mainstream media won't show you! Seriously, t...

I never had much school spirit. I understood that there was nothing intrinsically superior about my high school and, if I lived on the other...

HAL9000 from "2001: A Space Odyssey." A couple of Facebook posts of mine got comments from a non-Friend who, it seemed obvious to ...

It’s been said, and I’ve witnessed myself, that a sick cat can fake being healthy for a long time before, as the end nears, finding a safe c...

A Peek into the Intimate Intellectual Life of a Long-Married Couple, Part 25: (Karen and I are in the car when the radio plays the Bruno Mar...

I've seen some reporting and videos from the annual Al Smith Dinner, a fancy event thrown by the Archdiocese of New York to raise money ...

The Internet reminds me that today is the anniversary of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, which the country saw live when it interrupted a W...