Flametoad

I still read a lot of bloggers who talk about the utter hopelessness of our involvement in Iraq. For them (and you), here’s a dispatch from Michael Yon, a reporter frequently embedded there: We recently spent a few days with Marines with third platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Bn., 5th Marine Regiment, in the heart of [...]

There’s a thing going around on LiveJournal in which the poster picks seven interests from your user profile and you have to explain why they are important to you. I volunteered, and eeknight hit me with the with following: flying, freemasonry, half-life 2, libertarian, texas history, urban legends, and women. The original premise was to [...]

So have you heard about the guy who was arrested because, as a passenger, he wouldn’t show a police officer his driver’s license? It all started because he bought something at Circuit City and refused to show the doorman his receipt as he left.  The doorman stops him from leaving the parking lot, the cops [...]

This lamp has to win the “coolest thing I’ve seen today” award. Apparently it’s just in concept stage, but if you want one yourself please visit the designer’s site and let him know you’re interested. In other news, the Telegraph reports that China Threatens Dollar Sales. In short, China has vast holdings of US treasuries, [...]

The lines are being drawn. Ah, who am I kidding? The lines were drawn years ago and the battles are fought every day. Each side gains and loses ground. If the title of this post wasn’t enough of a hint, I’m talking about gun control. This article does a pretty good job of explaining why [...]