The Onion is a national treasure...

Via my mom: As I was lying in bed pondering the problems of the world, I rapidly realized that I don't really give a rat's hiney. ...

Senior humor, via my mom: I failed the mandatory Health and Safety course at the Senior Center today. One of the questions was: "In...

Have you ever wondered how a woman's brain works? Well, it's finally explained here in one, easy-to-understand illustration: Ev...

The geology texts used in my primary schools ('50s and '60s) either never mentioned plate tectonics or continental drift, or devote...

I had to examine this animated image closely to figure out how the artist did it – quite clever!  Note that the image is a gigantic (3.9mb)...

I got up this morning at my usual 3 am, and wandered, bleary-eyed, into the bathroom for my morning shower (I'm only truly awake after t...

After a marathon day of travel from Newark, New Jersey (involving getting up at midnight to taxi to the airport, 6 hours in Newark airport, ...

Some links for you on this day that we honor our veterans: My blog-girl Rachel Lucas on her visit to Normandy .  Her experience echoes my ...

Sit down in a nice, comfortable chair with a box of Kleenex at hand.  If your smile wrinkles are underused, grease 'em up with a little ...

Here's an excellent TED talk about the influence of religions on population growth.  It's an excellent counterpoint to the theories ...

Steve McIntyre, despite his earlier claims that he'd be slowing down his blogging, is back in force.  This post of his is a classic take...

Rachel Lucas cracks me up : ...and she already knew I was an overachiever in social awkwardness.

And an excellent essay to go along with them (in the New York Times, of all places).  Also, see this piece by Tom Manion : Why They Serve...

Your blogger is back in the USA, and even had a day of rest (at my parents' home in Virginia).  I'm not sure what time zone my body ...

Well, we had a fantastic event at Knowledge12 earlier this week.  As always, I had a chance to meet and talk with many customers, partners, ...

Well, actually, just about everyone.  A few months ago, when our very own Governor Moonbeam (aka Jerry Brown) introduced his budget, every...

The GAO reports that recoverable oil reserves in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming are “ about equal to the entire world's proven reserves ”...

Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk This Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk was lost during 1942, and the pilot was never seen again.  The crashed craft is in su...