You won't know it until the end, but this is an ad...   A tear-jerker of a story with a most happy ending...

This is one of them!   Exciting things that I have no interest in doing, that is...

It's a bird!  It's a plane!  It's a giant flying potato!   Actually, it's the asteroid Itokawa, and it is mysteriously fre...

Squirrel hides nut in dog's fur...  More squirreliness here ...

Utah today...   At right is what our FJ looked like at 9 am this morning.  Note the snow on the picnic table and footbridge in the backgro...

The priest's retirement dinner...   Via my mom... A priest was being honored at his retirement dinner after 25 years in the parish. A...

Grumpy Cat: 1, Obama: 0...   Via my lovely bride...

Jogging with Bill...   Via my lovely bride.  I suspect this may be a joke :) Bill Clinton started jogging near his home in Chappaqua, New...

Pervasive corruption...  This article about the effects of pervasive corruption in Afghanistan is an eye-opener.  Most Americans have no e...

POV video of Felix Baumgartner's jump...   I loved skydiving, and I especially loved high jumps.  The two I made from 20,000 and 25,00...

Useful tools for dealing with progressives...   Logical fallacies, listed and explained .  I used this to understand something James Taranto...

One very lucky skydiver...   That is, lucky to have been jumping with experienced and competent buddies...

We're up in Utah...   Smithfield, to be exact.  For an inhabitant of Southern California, the scene outside our cabin (at right) is hi...

Lea...   We're at the veterinary hospital with her right now, waiting until her first treatment is finished and we can take her home. ...

Beautiful X-rays...  Plant and animal X-rays, partially colorized, as art ...

Our economic future...   There's a big debate amongst economists these days about the long term effects of technology – especially autom...

Pacific Crest Trail ... in just six minutes...

Light blogging alert...   I expect to be on the road for the next two weeks, with uncertain Internet access.  Tweets will be easier than blo...

Photo of the day...   It's my blog, I can have two if I want to!  Via TwistedSifter ...

What a government shutdown should look like...   Via my lovely bride: