Welcome to my online home. I’m either entertaining at a comedy club or college, or lost in a sci fi bookstore. Or maybe I’m teaching a workshop. If not, I might be watching my Star Trek dvds. Again. Check out my blog and follow me on Twitter to find out!
This is the first episode of my new science news series, JJ ScienceZap! You’ll get a short report on the weird, the funny and the bizarre in science news. Enjoy!
This is a couple of videos I did for the SF LGBT Film Festival – aren’t they fun??
I’m a writer/actor comedian with a passion for science. It started one year when I was doing summer theatre in Santa Rosa, CA. I was going to read Michel Foucault. I think it was “Madness and Civilization.” When I told a friend, he rolled his eyes and said, “Right, the post-modernists. They’ve deconstructed everything; everything is in pieces scattered on the floor. But where are we going now?”
Hmmmm… good question…
I thought that was a great question. So I picked up an old copy of “The Dancing Wu Li Masters”, an early book on quantum physics. Cool stuff! I… Continue Reading →
The “It Gets Better” video campaign has been both inspiring and infuriating for many of us. What’s great is that it shows that LGBT folks who have a hard time in high school and beyond can overcome these difficulties and create a life they love.
But what’s not so great is that oppression is not a one-point program – meaning, if you’re a gay, white, middle class man, then ya, it’ll get better for you pretty quickly. Being gay didn’t erase your other privileges, so you’ll have access to resources to improve your situation.
Recently, I went to a marriage… Continue Reading →
