Once again, the time approaches when many of us make predictions, and are equally annoyed by the results whether we’re right or wrong: The Academy Awards. This year’s ceremony begins at 5:30 PM on February 26th this year, in Los Angeles. What’s really interesting is that the ceremony starts a few hours after a Solar…

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Why have so many celebrities died in 2016? David Bowie. Alan Rickman. Glenn Frey. Harper Lee. Gary Shandling. George Kennedy. George Martin. Keith Emerson. Patty Duke. Ronnie Corbett. Merle Haggard. Joanie Laurer. I suppose one could argue that “celebrities” are an ill-defined group, and that without any statistical modelling we can only assume it’s all…

Imagine facing circumstances in your life — and transits telling you they’ll only get worse — that are so bad that your best hope is to run down the clock and die before anything worse happens. This is the position Bill Cosby finds himself in now. I know, I know: there have been lots of…

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