Most of the lamestream media accounts of this find that I’ve read have spun it as something minor and unimportant. I first read of the find...

A friend emailed me today, mentioning how profoundly communications have changed, even in her lifetime. And that got the ponder going… I su...

Just got word from my mother that they don’t know where my father is. He was supposed to travel from Philadelphia to Halifax, Nova Scotia t...

We have two large clumps of pampas grass in our front yard — each is over 8' tall, and equally broad. Just this past week they’ve come ...

This email is a twist on a common issue: Beginning this month (JULY '06) a new database will be available to the general public free of ...

By now most of you are well aware that my wife (Debbie) competes with our field spaniels in agility. And you may have accidentally caught o...

Al Gore’s movie “An Inconvenient Truth” has a premise that dangerous global warming caused by human activity is a proven scientific fact. Th...

You may know, from previous posts, that I’m not generally a big fan of watching television or movies. I cannot even remember when I was las...

Late last night (my time), the 2,996th blogger signed up with the 2,996 project — meaning that every single one of the 2,996 victims of 9/11...

This is the second Flat Stanley Journal (see the first one here ). Flat Stanley met some of our eight cats this morning. Here he’s snuggli...

Flat Stanley is visiting with us for a week or so. He hails from Flat Rhode Island, where he lives with a fellow blogger, her husband, and...

Think again. As this article explains, a old technique for opening almost any pin tumbler lock has recently been rediscovered and greatly i...

The EIR (Environmental Impact Report) for the proposed Jamul Indian Casino has been long awaited by the majority in the community who oppose...

You may remember a post a few weeks ago, telling you about the 2,996 Project (see the graphic “Join The Tribute” at right). Dale Roe (the ...

I’ve blogged about my sad experiences with modern American education on several occastions. This “joke” instantly resonated — but more as p...

By Kate O’Bierne: "John 'Two Americas' Edwards, who wants to be president of both of them, is working it hard — he bears watchi...

Recently a lowlife, knuckle-dragging idgit (known in this story as “Mr. Critter") in Texas decided to make a bunch of noise on his girl...

Much more eloquently than I ever could, Thomas Sowell explains why I am afraid for our future (and by “our", I mean America and the res...

I ran across this little graphic in this evening’s perusal of the news. I give you fair warning: put down any hot drinks you’re holding, and...