Big Stick Physics

The Madison TV Show works if you don’t ask questions.

May 16, 2026 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

When someone recommends a TV show, they never explain it properly because they already bought in and accepted the premise.

My brother recommended The Madison, a new Taylor Sheridan series. The premise is that the father of this fancy NYC family goes to Montana every year to fish and do guy stuff with his brother. The father and his brother die in the first episode, so the show is about the fancy wife and the rest of the family going out to Montana to settle mortuary and estate business, while experiencing the back-to-nature lifestyle that the father cherished.

Not plausible. This loving couple is married for decades, and every year, the husband goes off to Montana for the time of his life with his brother, and the wife never goes along?

What does ‘staged’ mean?

May 11, 2026 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

30% of Americans Think At Least One of the Trump Assassination Attempts Were ‘Staged’

For the Butler, Pennsylvania, shooting — when a bullet grazed Trump’s ear and a local firefighter attending the rally was killed — 42 percent of Democrats called it staged, compared to seven percent of Republicans

Perhaps I am too naïve, but I have to think that it’s the meaning of ‘staged’ that gets 4 in 10 Democrats looking like lunatics.

Sparky is performing below expectations.

May 11, 2026 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

Sparky was barely paying attention during our morning fellowship. I asked him to contribute, and he couldn’t even make it through one bawdy limerick.

Sparky is in a good mood.

May 10, 2026 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

Ever since we returned from Findley State Park, Sparky has been happy and smiling all the time.

Sparky turns 13 years old this month. I wonder if he is growing senile and is only comfortable in the familiar environment of home. Or, maybe, at his age, he has gained a sense of gratitude and appreciation for the little comforts of home.

Sparky won’t get me a beer.

May 9, 2026 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

The weather can change quickly, so get out there when it’s just right. It would have been perfect if Sparky would have gotten me a beer. I’ve shown him the old commercials where the dog fetches beer, and he wasn’t impressed. Sparky said he could do that, but right now he had to keep an eye on the chipmunks.

Three hours later, and a thunderstorm is rolling in. Sparky is anxious, but he can sit on his own damn lap. I’m going to get a beer.

Sparky’s benevolent master.

May 8, 2026 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

It’s still early, but I was tired of lying in bed, so got up. If Sparky gets tired of lying in bed, he goes to a different bed. He isn’t ready to get up, but being a good dog, is always on call.

If I lay down on the couch, Sparky would have to get out of bed, come over and jump up on the couch to keep me company. I don’t know why, but that’s what would happen.

Scientists discover when dog brains shrank.

May 7, 2026 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

Science Alert: We Now Know When Dog Brains Shrank – And It Might Be Our Fault

Dogs have far smaller brains than their wolf relatives, and now a study led by researchers in France has plotted a timeline for when this shrinking – sometimes considered a mark of domestication – might’ve begun.

Sparky says that his brain shrank when he met Chumley.

Scientists say that dog brains shrank during the Neolithic period, at least 5000 years ago when humans started farming and domesticating animals.

What ever happened to Trump’s border wall?

May 7, 2026 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

The Nation: The Long Nightmare of Trump’s Border Wall Is Still Going

That article won’t tell you. It’s more of a Progressive fantasy horror show. The article is awesome because it is pure alarmism. There is no effort to inform, just generate outrage. That aren’t even any pictures or maps to distract from the big scary.

Sparky wants to be a Siamese dog.

May 6, 2026 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

When I woke up from my nap, Sparky told me that he wants to be a scientific dog. He said he’d be a good scientific dog because he can sniff and smell, et cetera, et cetera, etcetera.

As usual, I don’t know what the hell he’s talking about.

Sparky’s long day.

May 4, 2026 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

Sparky likes a car ride, so he wanted to come along to the mulch yard. It was a longer day than he’d expected.