Turonistan

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The Cats Of War. via Say Uncle.

Of all the people on this planet, OBL was most responsible for creating the security climate in which we now must live; a world of exploding...

Congress should rescind the $25 million reward for the capture or killing of OBL and instead appropriate a one-time, tax-free $25 million co...

I was exploring the local suburbs this afternoon when I noticed that the rear end of the bicycle was sliding from side to side. Yep, a flat ...

I've been struggling with an old desktop computer for years now. I'm too frugal to buy a Mac, although they are very tempting. So la...

On the left, Jay G., and on the right, Alan Gura.

Jay G., from MArooned.

We're gathering...

Philip Greenspun proposes that the easiest way to understand the recent $38 billion budget-cut deal is to divide by 100,000,000 and analogiz...

At my age, when I see a sign that says "Speed Hump Ahead", I take a detour.

Monday was a beautiful day so I set off from the former Lorton Prison headed for the nearest point on the W&OD Trail (my old stomping gr...

The Big Lebowski 2 with Tara Reid from Tara Reid A trailer for The Big Lebowski 2 with Tara Reid playing all the parts. She incorrectly pre...

It's $820,000. Neatorama.

Currently (9:30 PM EST) you can hear (at 7175 kHz) on SSB the ham radio station OL1911VP in the Czech Republic. It's a special callsign ...

Friday was a beautiful day. Bright overcast, high seventies. No wind to speak of. So I took a long bike ride. Packed a lunch and set off fro...

His obit is in the NYT here. And there's a 2007 article about him in Rolling Stone here. Excerpt: Over the course of the next fourteen ...

Screengrab from the New York Times: Screengrab from Boing-Boing: Notice the very curious misspelling of the word "imminent" in bot...

Story in the WaPo here. Read it and weep. See if you don't agree with me that the Small Business Administration should be closed; shutte...

It was the worst solar storm in history, the Carrington Event in 1859: In addition, the geomagnetic disturbances were strong enough that U.S...