Personal – Badgers, Bender & Ink

  A few weeks back a close friend of mine was shocked to discover I have multiple tattoos. In her defense she’s didn’t get to see Cosmic Nomad when I was touring it last year, so she’s never had to witness my awful pasty ginger ass from a performance stage like the rest of my fee-paying audiences in 2016 did. …

Space – Choosing a Crew for Mars

  With Mars One’s next astronaut selection round later this year looking to bring the current crop of 100 candidates down to 18-36 who will then start full-time training, I figured it was time to talk a little about how the next round will progress and what the selectors have said they want from the first Martian colonists. When most folks talk about finding …

Dear Josh in 2020

  Dear Josh in 2020,Firstly congratulations if you’re still around to read this – given all the stupid shit you’ve done through the years it’s a genuine surprise you’re still here to write this in 2016 at all, let alone read it in 2020. That’s not to say you’ve stopped doing stupid shit, because in case you’ve forgotten, you still do. …