Barn: vapor barrier and insulation...   It's another beautiful morning in Paradise, and the barn builders are already at work.  This mor...

Trees with character...   Via my sister Holly.  Some of these I know are real (like the one at right); some I'm not so sure aren't...

Investment opportunity? Via reader Simi L.: Thought you might want to consider getting on board early... A British Engineer just started...

Richard Feynman film trilogy...   Here ...

A tribute to my dad...    This is reprinted with permission of the American Conifer Society and the author: Tom Dilatush: Outstanding Plan...

Groundwater regulation in California...   The Moonbeam (Jerry Brown) has already stated his support for this legislation , so it is almost c...

Captured lightning...   The image at right is a frame grab from a home video (below) of a rainbow.  If I've understood the comments on...

Earthquake in the U.K.!   A political earthquake , that is – the one named Nigel Farage and his UKIP party.  I've been watching and read...

Newspaper slams Al Gore and his Arctic ice cap predictions...   What's this?  A newspaper reporting actual news?  Oh, it's a British...

I had breakfast here this morning...   I took a moment to enjoy the mural on the north side of their building.  This video explains how th...

Math is so hard!   Well, if you're an environmental wacko, at least.  The “green” propaganda I've seen that promotes wind or sola...

What would it take for Romney to run again in 2016?   Scott Ott has the inside scoop ...

Who do terrorists fear most?   One of the things learned by our “enhanced interrogation” of terrorists shortly after 9/11 was that the ter...

“It’s better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.”   One of 40 Of The Most Bad-Ass, Masculine, Manly, Alpha Male Quotes Of All Ti...

The fast way to peel an apple...   My grandmother had a beautiful cast iron gadget that worked on the same principle, except it was hand-c...

Neighbors bearing gifts...   A few minutes ago my front doorbell rang, which is a very unusual occurrence.  I went down to greet my visito...

The great garage door opener project...   I just finished installing two replacement garage door openers (our garage has two roll-up doors)....

Old computer ad...   From 1952, the year I was born.  High resolution version here .  The computer is based on vacuum tubes and crystal di...

What makes a pear taste like a pear?   That would be ethyl acetate, but the story is a bit more complicated than that.  Artificial flavors k...

Expatriation tax...   I just stumbled across the existence of this U.S. federal tax.  Basically it's a capital gains tax on all assets, ...