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More than 60 years after the fact, detailed plans for the Auschwitz concentration camp have been found. Story here .

The story of Jaycee Lee Dugard is all over the news right now. She was kidnapped as a little girl (just 11 years old) and held captive for...

Sent to me by Isaac P., and found so many places on the web that I'm unsure where to attribute it: Dear Cretins; I have been an...

Update: My friend Doug W. found this on Snopes . It's provably fake, for the sad reason that Julie Andrews has been unable to sing sinc...

Obama's narcissism and arrogance make this an entirely predictable development. But the predictability doesn't make it any less hor...

Rachel Lucas is one of my favorite bloggers, notable for her wit and humor. Yesterday she posted on a much more serious topic: her recent vi...

Just in (via my wife): Democrats, realizing the success of the President's "Cash For Clunkers" rebate program, have revamped a...

Via my cousin Mike D.: The Economic smoke-and-mirrors explained: Young Chuck in Montana bought a horse from a farmer for $100. The farmer ag...

I've been reporting little tidbits here and there about the surprising lack of sunspots at the beginning of the current solar cycle. Th...

A collection of classic Rodney Dangerfield one-liners: I tell ya I get no respect from anyone. I bought a cemetery plot. The guy said, '...

Made out of living roots! These bridges are grown in northeastern India ...

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Via my mom: A teacher is explaining biology to her 4th grade students. "Human Beings are the only animals that stutter," she said....

Jumpin' Jehosephat on a deep-fried carrot! Is this wrong or what? The average salary of a civilian employed by the Federal government ...

Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things. One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor. Atheism is a non-proph...

Earlier this year I switched from WildBlue (a satellite ISP) to SDWISP , a small terrestrial wireless network serving the valleys of Eastern...

Via my mom: A fleeing Taliban, desperate for water, was plodding through the Afghanistan desert when he saw something far off in the distanc...

Seven or eight years ago, we bought a large-screen HDTV. After doing quite a bit of research on the various technologies and models, we eve...