The Fies Files

A busy, reflective, celebratory weekend. Friday was the ninth anniversary of the Tubbs Fire, which destroyed my home and about 5,000 others,...

A slice of mutant orange on a light box. Hey, kids, it's Mutant Monday!  While working at the food bank last Friday, Karen and I found a...

The aircraft carrier USS Hornet was built during World War II, served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and recovered Apollo 11 and Apollo ...

I wrote this post eight days ago but embargoed it until certain announcements could be made today at Comic-Con International in San Diego (w...

Not everyone will appreciate today's topic, but a very small number of the right people are going to lose at least an hour of their day...

Somebody recently paid $5.8 million at auction for a unique pair of antique pistols. I think they got a bargain: When our girls were 16, Kar...

I had a great Fourth of July with my daughters, who treated me to an afternoon and night aboard the USS Hornet, as apt a place as any to cel...

Truth, lies, self-deception, confirmation bias, illusion, wisdom, and three iPods. You're just going to have to trust me that this is wo...

Here's a neat twist on a concept that's been floating around the Web a while: "Camera and Pencil," in which artist Ben He...

This is for Mike Lynch. Nobody else needs to bother pressing "Play," unless you want to watch a street musician play the "Sta...