Rejoice, Dear Reader! You no longer need worry about the lack of adequate power storage interfering with the transition to renewable, completely unreliable energy. A team of brilliant scientists from the land of spaghetti and other health foods have created the first edible rechargeable battery. Yes, really. I, the Happy Pessimist, would never lie to […]

It is I, your interlocuter, The Happy Pessimist, returning after an extended period of silence. There has been a reason for my prolonged absence. The world is sufficiently out of control that I have been unable to identify anything more outrageous than the ordinary news. So, today, I wax poetic. All musical comedies are the […]