...then I gotta get me some of these!

Why do we say hmmm ?

A nice video compilation of observations of the recent transit of Venus, made by various scientific instruments operated by NASA.  More than...

I don't know what to say to this – the animals aren't actually being hurt, but still...this just seems wrong on some profound level...

It's about frickin' time someone invented this!

What a refreshing message for high school graduates!  Over the past twenty years or so, I've run into so many young Americans who reall...

... and disses the U.S. patent system while he's at it.  From a news report : A U.S. judge yesterday threw aside a much-anticipated tr...

This isn't what you think – just watch and enjoy Victor Borge's performance.  There are only a few notes played in this entire video...

Miki is one of our dogs that Debbie is currently running in agility competitions (the other is Race, our Border Collie).  The photo at rig...

June 10, 1912, in Villisca, Iowa, a family of six plus two other children were killed by an ax-wielding murderer.  At that time and in that ...

A few days ago we had the rare transit of Venus across the sun (as seen from Earth, of course).  This image, captured by the Hinode space...

An Alzheimer's vaccine looks good in its first trial .  As the good Instapundit would say: faster, please!

You've been warned: if you watch this, you can't unsee it.  I stumbled across this video quite by accident, watched it, and had the ...

The top mirror at right uses a newly patented technology to make a low-distortion wide-angle mirror for car mirrors (shown at right as th...

Today's quote is from John Yoo, currently a professor of law at Berkeley, formerly in G. W. Bush's Justice Department: Candidate O...

Reader (and fellow Jamulian) Aaron B. sends these three videos along.  The second one is yet another mashup of “the Hitler scene” that has b...

On Tuesday, the voters in the city of San Diego overwhelmingly approved drastic reform for public sector workers' pension plans.  Libera...

Estonia has been in the news a lot recently, mainly because of its robust economic performance – by far the best in the Euro-zone.  This doe...

Seen on I-805 south yesterday afternoon, on a Prius: To re-elect Obama would be like the Titanic backing up and hitting the iceberg again.

I don't know what the source of these bumper stickers is, but I'd sure like to start seeing them on the road!  Via my lovely bride: ...