One of my favorite movies to discuss is Fight Club. Love it or hate it, if you’ve ever seen it, you probably have a theory about what it’s trying to say. And my favorite way to discover someone’s take is to ask them to explain a single line of dialogue. No matter what you think the movie is all about, your stance is almost always revealed by how you explain that one line.

But of all the explanations I’ve ever heard, I’ve never had anybody echo my own take. Which surprises me, because it’s the only one I can think of that explains all the facts.

Before we get into it though, I should warn you that there be spoilers ahead. Big ones. If you’ve already seen the movie and been down into that grubby basement, then come on in. But if you aren’t a member yet, then you can just piss off.

We don’t talk about Fight Club.

As a parent to several adult children, one of my last official acts before sending each one out into the world has always been to give them a sort of “job description” for being an adult. With our last fledgling quickly approaching that milestone, this will be my last such talk, so I thought I’d take a moment to share my simple rubric.

The Whitehouse is jubilant today, hailing President Donald J. Trump as an unprecedented genius. After firing former NASA Chief Bert McMurdle and installing himself in the dual roles of lead administrator and chief scientist, the multi-talented Trump effected sweeping changes to the entire roster of programs under management by the agency. The first to reach completion, Project Artemis was concluded successfully today, and came in at an estimated total cost of only 12.5%, as compared to the budget originally approved by McMurdle.