I was eating Cheerios this morning while reading blogs. As I got to the bottom of the bowl, there was still some milk left. I went to the pantry, got the plastic cereal storage container, and poured out half a bowl of more Cheerios to use up the remaining milk. Something dark fell into the […]
This story should have some interesting follow-up: Federal authorities are investigating why a military rocket traveling about 600 mph crashed into a building at a Tulsa apartment complex Thursday evening. Jeremy Isbell, who lives at the Canyon Creek Apartments, 2102 E. 51st St., said he was told by a federal investigator that the rocket came […]
Anyone who has been following the financial news knows that banks and other large financial institutions are under a growing amount of strain given the misguided investments in speculative ventures over the past 5 years, including mortgages and exotic credit / investment packages. While chasing down what state a company like Merrill-Lynch might be tough, […]
[UPDATED 03/14/08: In fairness to Gov. Spitzer, I’ll note that this article in the New York Times today says that Spitzer has claimed to his aides this week that he used prostitutes “only in the past eight months”, which directly contradicts the press reports citing sources that claim that Spitzer had been using prostitutes either […]
The Ukrainian Army that is: I think that our own armed services could learn a thing or to from this ad. And if that wasn’t enough incentive for Ukrainian guys, check out this photo. Hat tip to Instapundit. ..bruce w..
I’m not a big fan of ‘performance art’, but I really like the stuff that Improv Everywhere does. And this is perhaps one of their most brilliant stunts yet: staging a musical in a food court somewhere in Southern California: Be sure to read the Improv Everywhere article to get the details on how they […]
There is a special place in my heart — and, I suspect, that of most geeks of a certain age, not to mention virtually every pilot who has ever flown — for the famous SR-71 “Blackbird” spy plane, the fastest publicly acknowledged plane that has ever flown (though see Henderson’s posting on possible classified replacements). […]
Here in Colorado, we’ve had on-going trials involving the Animal Liberation Front and the Earth Liberation Front (ALF and ELF — how cute!), a group that practices domestic terrorism in support of their environmental goals. The coverage of the trial reads as though it were taken from the plotline for a mediocre contemporary novel or […]
Stuff White People Like: a new blog
It’s not often that you see a blog hit it out of the park right form the start, but this one has: Stuff White People Like. It’s one of the few blogs where I went back through the archives and read every single entry. Most entries make me laugh; some make me wince (at myself). […]
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