Let's Talk About Sex Robots

Thee Optimist wrote this novel more than a decade ago, in the guise of his alter ego, the author Patrick Quinlan.  It is a thriller about mind downloading and humanoid robots.  Mind downloading is still pretty far out.  Listen to a ten-year-old podcast about these emerging technologies.

Reflections on Death (with the legendary Rutger Hauer)

Dutch actor Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty, in the 1982 science fiction film Blade Runner.

Doh !!!

 

Drone shot of the White House with the East Wing utterly destroyed, on October 23, 2025.

Ancient Republican gets KO'ed (by a woman's soft voice)

Senator Mitch McConnell, more than a little befuddled.

Weekend at Donnie's

"Weekend at Bernie's," a 1989 dark comedy starring Jonathan Silverman, Terry Kiser, and Andrew McCarthy.

 

Don't Just Like It, Love It. Discover New Art From Otto Von Miller

It's almost Halloween, yeah?  Here's a Halloween-themed painting from the genius Otto Von Miller.  He refers to this character as Bo Jangle.  Bo Jangle is 2025, acrylic and chalk paint on canvas.  Read on to find more art from Otto.