Hopefully I'm done with this blog makeover for awhile. I have tweaked the header graphic just a bit -- not quite so high and I think it...

After 9 beers and 17 tequila shots, I totally rock out loud kickin' ass! 3 Actually, I wasn't drunk. I just took this. I got Pakist...

While I am on the subject of clean energy, I must share this from today's NYT. I've heard from many people that nuclear is getting ...

This is some good news , assuming Silicon Valley can stave off competition from the Chinese. Given the valley’s tremendous success in recent...

If I'm having a tequila night as opposed to a wine night, I enjoy starting off with a lighter beer -- ideally a raspberry brew, before m...

I saw that technique referred to as "cat yoga" in one of those in-flight magazines many years back. I decided to try it on Samant...

I really thought I was happy with the Mozilla Firefox browser even though I could not center any graphic elements in a blog post while using...

This is fun but amazingly difficult because of the time pressure. You'd think I could at least name all of the countries I have been to...

If it were me, I'd be building a hammock.

Of all our grand accomplishments during the last 100 years, and there are so many, the development of chemical poisons is not one of them. W...

When I read this story I immediately got the inevitable song stuck in my head. Astronomers said Wednesday that they had found a miniature v...

Go ahead. Click one. You know damn well you want more. Gigantic hugs to the Truffle Lord .

Pardon me for cropping the head off an ass. “At this moment, somewhere in the world terrorists are planning attacks on our country,’’ Presid...

Arizona Republicans are considering yet another ballot proposal in November to turn back the single greatest threat to our civilization (asi...

It is typical around Valentine's Day that we see a blast of cold weather. Just a few years ago we had snow on this day. So I'm not...

txrad and I were just discussing the upcoming presidential debate in Austin between Obama and Clinton, and how much we'd love to attend...

I was tagged by Phil at Waveflux for this meme which is actually one of my favorites of the book memes because it's easy and quick! Her...

I won't say my theory is completely invalid, because it's a fact that in open-primaries, there is crossover from both parties, and ...

The new blog design is largely completed. Blogroll and other sidebar goodies are in progress and may take a day or so to complete. Haloscan ...