Flying Artwork 27 Aug 2013 | 03:47 am

There was a school of design in the 1930s called Streamline Moderne. This style lent an aura of movement and speed to everything, from buildings, to ships, to toasters and radios, even to airplanes. L...

Guess They Were Bored Too 27 Aug 2013 | 03:19 am

Spokane Police Chief Frank Straub says authorities believe they have arrested everyone involved in the beating death of an 88-year-old World War II veteran last week. A second teen suspect was arrest...

reader rabbit 27 Aug 2013 | 01:22 am

Been busy here. On top of doing all the things that need doing every weekend, I’ve been stealing time to read three books at once. Still working on A Durable Peace. Gave Pratchett’s Unseen Academicals...

Real Life Word Problems 26 Aug 2013 | 02:37 am

And you thought 4th grade math was challenging ... You own a gas grill. You’ve never had one before, so you buy a propane tank from next to the grill display, $30 for a new full tank. While this is c...

Pat Condell — Our crippling fear of the truth 25 Aug 2013 | 06:04 am

random summer daze 25 Aug 2013 | 02:22 am

A downhill grade, man, will give you a kick But if the sidewalk’s cracked, ya better pull out quick Why don’t you grab your board and go sidewalk surfin’ with me?

Grandpa 25 Aug 2013 | 12:42 am

Seax Appeal 25 Aug 2013 | 12:22 am

There is a nice little post over at Stoaty the Weasel’s blog today on the seax. A seax is the name of a single edged knife carried by free men and women in ancient northern Europe. It was usually hun...

a different take on eye candy 24 Aug 2013 | 11:36 pm

Was going to post eye candy and got sidetracked reading something. Then quite by accident I found myself on a page with some very pretty women young and some not so.  No, not that sort of site. It a....

Bored 24 Aug 2013 | 09:51 pm

I’m appalled! So, three teens in Oklahoma gunned down an Australian college student while he was out jogging. Why? They were ‘bored’. That’s an actual quote from the perps in a news story after the...