Proxima Centauri is 4.3 light years way: too far to travel. Why don't we just use Mercury (which has an 88 day year) as a staging ground, and launch from there?

Mercury’s year is only 88 days, so if we launch a rocket from there, we only have to travel for…

This morning my partner's daughter chained two words together for the first time :-)

She’s 16 months old and while she’s gotten the hang of a few words (notably “cat” – she’s very interested…

It's that time of year again when I like to decorate eggs. Because fuck you, calendar.

Any love for unconventional couples? Here's me (right), my partner, and her husband on their wedding day, 4½ years ago.