Tag: Catch

At last: astronomers catch a star eating its innermost planet

Over time, greater numbers, types, and varieties of these phenomena were seen: transient events, where objects in the night sky are seen to change over time. One type of transient event that must occur would be when a Sun-like star begins to run out of its core fuel, expanding and swelling to man...

How To Catch A Racist

As I grow older, I’ve lost patience in dealing with racists — overt or covert. I’m tired of wasting time getting to know someone only to find out later on down the road that that person is racist. It’s emotionally draining. You know, it’s not always apparent that someon...

Driver-Facing Dash Cams Now Use A.I. to Catch Truckers On Their Phones

Over the last three years, hundreds of thousands of freight trucks in the United States have been equipped with machine learning algorithms to analyze drivers’ behavior. They can detect how many times per trip drivers pick up their cellphone, get distracted while driving, or even just look fat...

First-Round Picks and The Prize: On Come-Ups, Glow-Ups, and Chasing the Perfect Catch

Now, my issue has nothing to do with using the terms bitches and hoes; I’m not interested in those hip-hop wars. The problem is that almost every time J. Cole uses the term ho, he says it with his chest and with all disrespect. And it got to the point that every time he said it, I st...

If I Ever Catch Up To You

A fast road cut through the little town where I grew up. It was a boondock highway, deadly Route 3. Speed limit 55. Which meant one gloomy pervert went 55, and everyone else enjoyed the gut-toughening roar of the 70s and 80s. The ditches on either side of Route 3 were filled with obliterated a...

You Can???t Catch Gay

It’s not a condition at all. Just like being black or Indian, or Chinese, or Japanese, or anything else is not a condition. But you wouldn’t know it if all you did was listen to the nutters on the right. I have actually, in real life, talked to people who don’t want their kid...