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A Taste of Armageddon RobVG July 2, 2025 8:00 am (CurrentEvents)

We've got company ER July 2, 2025 7:50 am (Space/Science)

All Along the Watchtower ER July 1, 2025 9:13 pm (CurrentEvents)

Birthright Citizenship RobVG June 29, 2025 3:34 pm (CurrentEvents)

To be blunt, NASA is now dead RL June 27, 2025 11:56 am (Space/Science)

Musk trashes his own AI after it chose a liberal worldview. RobVG June 23, 2025 9:56 am (CurrentEvents)

Psyche keeps its date with an asteroid BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 5:21 pm (Space/Science)

Just for the record... ER June 22, 2025 8:59 am (CurrentEvents)

The Three Unknowns After the U.S. Strike on Iran BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 12:58 am (CurrentEvents)

There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy. BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 12:29 am (Flame)

Not ready for prime time BuckGalaxy June 19, 2025 12:18 pm (Space/Science)

hypocrisy ER June 15, 2025 2:30 pm (Flame)

Auroras in an odd place by Ainz April 13, 2012 6:20 pm

That's usually burning methane gas. Kids do it a lot. by bowser 2012-04-14 21:58:04
Hand me a mirror, would ya? (n/t) by Robert 2012-04-14 09:01:53
- "My God, it's full of stars!" by TB 2012-04-14 12:37:17
  - Aaand TB wins the internet. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-15 02:43:38
  - Have to hand it to you... by Robert 2012-04-14 21:38:42
Uranus is an odd place. It's sideways, chilly, ringed, and there is talk of mining it for it's abundant ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-14 01:35:45
- Of course, any probe to Uranus, would have to be nuclear,...since the sun don't shine there. by Ainz 2012-04-14 03:24:54
  - It'd also have to be large enough so we don't lose the thing there. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-14 12:11:47
I have an ointment for that. by TB 2012-04-13 20:06:19
- Why? by bowser 2012-04-17 18:27:47
- Everybody's laughing, but they shouldn't. Did you know how you could tell if you have too much phosphorus in your system? ... by Jeff-Wash 2012-04-13 20:33:24
  - That's how I find my way home. by Ainz 2012-04-13 21:04:31
  - What, doesn't everybody's? by TB 2012-04-13 20:36:42

Kid steals second base in a ball game by TB April 17, 2012 3:55 pm

SWEET!!!! by Jody 2012-04-17 17:55:48

Medical ID Tattoos by Jody April 17, 2012 10:17 am

What would sexual addicts have tattooed? by bowser 2012-04-17 11:04:28
- Your Mom... on their left buttock....and so it is written. by Jody 2012-04-17 11:17:56
  - En garde. by bowser 2012-04-17 17:13:16
    - Awww...Bowsers...ya know ah loves yah...:) by Jody 2012-04-17 17:41:44
The Waffen SS used to have their blood type tatooed on their arm in case they were wounded in action. by ER 2012-04-17 10:49:20
- And numbers on their prisoners. by bowser 2012-04-17 11:04:48

John Cleese on Creativity by Vitruvius April 16, 2012 9:04 pm

Or maybe, just maybe, your father thought that life had a very deep meaning indeed. by TB 2012-04-17 07:30:30
- That's difficult to judge. Although a talkative and social person, he wasn't in the least bit "philosophical". He liked dancing, ... by ER 2012-04-17 07:57:27
Wow...very good youngin'. Actually understand my son more now because of this video. I can't thank you enough for posting this. I ... by Jody 2012-04-17 06:56:29
- Hell VRB...I understand *myself* better for having watched this. To be honest, I feel the Zone closes me. by Jody 2012-04-17 09:48:22
I really liked his remarks on humor. It's taken me a long time, but I think I've finally arrived ... by ER 2012-04-17 06:40:18
- I guess the most important thing is to always look on the bright side of life. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-17 14:42:00
- I believe only the wisest of people are able to watch themselves as they experience whatever it is that life ... by bowser 2012-04-17 12:55:22
  - The brain has two hemispheres. It is a bicameral organ. I suspect that the ability for one half ... by ER 2012-04-17 13:42:42
    - Wonderful. I'd only disagree with one point. I believe those who do have what I call the "Observer" ... by bowser 2012-04-17 16:59:48
- That was lovely ER.... by Jody 2012-04-17 06:59:35

The Great Kobe Beef Scam by TB April 17, 2012 2:23 pm

I had no idea, though I'm not a Kobe beef purchaser. Googling "Kobe beef USA" yields interesting results, all ... by bowser 2012-04-17 15:07:50
- I tried a Kobe hamburger once for fun at a restaurant. by TB 2012-04-17 15:17:01
  - "Wagyu Beef" is how reputable meat-sellers describe Kobe-style beef. by TB 2012-04-17 15:25:01
    - Woud you think "Wagyu Beef" was Japanese or not? "Wagyu" meaning "Japanese beef. The stuff sold in the US is ... by bowser 2012-04-17 16:47:46

GSA Spending Scandal by RobVG April 13, 2012 8:35 am

I read the entire .pdf report. One of the very last sentences directs someone to attempt to recover the ... by bowser 2012-04-17 10:41:33
- And now Congress is making noises. The more noise they make the less they actually do. It's like judges sentencing ... by bowser 2012-04-17 11:03:32
One hates to see that sort of thing. It really is not OK. And yet the hundreds of millions that ... by bowser 2012-04-13 19:43:35
- You have a point by RobVG 2012-04-14 08:59:23
- I guess the "morality" depends on which party is dropping money down the rathole. by TB 2012-04-13 20:04:39
  - Solyndra screams for heads to roll. And then fire 'em. by bowser 2012-04-13 20:45:35
It keeps getting worse by RobVG 2012-04-13 18:14:52
"The General Services Administration inspector general was told the agency spent as much as $330,000 to move an employee from ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-13 10:17:02
That's not the half of it. More here, with videos. by TB 2012-04-13 08:42:21

I guess they couldn't keep it covered up any more. by ER April 17, 2012 7:36 am

It's not clear what they're talking about just from the news story. by TB 2012-04-17 09:48:28
I think allegations of sexual assault puts officers in a position for which they are not qualified in the least. ... by bowser 2012-04-17 08:29:50
- I suppose every war has its peculiar problems due to unique social conditions. Vietnam had conscription, short tours, drugs, insubordination, ... by ER 2012-04-17 09:27:38
  - I don't think it has anything to do with war. I think it has to do with a difficult ... by bowser 2012-04-17 10:24:08
  - I suspect this sort of thing has been going on since soldiers were wearing leather armor and carried bronze weapons. by TB 2012-04-17 09:51:45
    - True. But the Bronze Age victims were mostly enemy civilians. This is affecting friendly combatants. That is ... by ER 2012-04-17 10:27:12

Another complaint. by bowser April 15, 2012 3:43 pm

We have a plethora of hispanics that offer lawn services and there is a price war right now due to ... by Jody 2012-04-16 08:37:07
- An unusual scientifical facktoid: A group of hammerhead sharks and a group of Hispanics are known by the same ... by bowser 2012-04-16 10:17:09
  - Guess you guys never saw the movie.... I don't think his plethora has been removed yet. by Jody 2012-04-16 15:39:30
  - I belong to a bevy of bitches. by Jody 2012-04-16 14:42:44
  - I had my plethora surgically removed. Does that mean I'm still hispanic? by ER 2012-04-16 10:53:44
    - Can't really say...drop yer drawers...lemme see. by Jody 2012-04-16 14:43:31
      - "When in doubt, by ER 2012-04-16 19:50:30
        
        The Nuge is huge. I prefer Beat It...by Michael Jackson.;) by Jody 2012-04-17 07:08:45
        
        I prefer Whip It. Whip it Good. (Devo) by ER 2012-04-17 07:20:41
    - Well, as you know, the plethora is easy to remove once they get through all that brain tissue. Quite ... by bowser 2012-04-16 13:05:28
I feel your pain by RobVG 2012-04-15 22:03:42
Get a goat. by Jody 2012-04-15 19:37:49
- I've had goats, great animals, wonderful. And while they will eat blackberry leaves, cedar seedlings, celery, tomatoes and tomato ... by bowser 2012-04-16 00:29:34
  - Most of the "grazing services" around here use sheep. by TB 2012-04-16 07:39:56
    - Great idea. Did you know that goats make great pack animals? They have to be selected, some won't ... by bowser 2012-04-16 10:11:52
Don't you know you're not supposed to fix things yourself? by podrock 2012-04-15 19:29:29
Just don't mow the thing. It'll look a lot cooler and more "natural"; like your very own miniature park! by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-15 19:09:00
Every screw that's larger than it needs to be to do its job wastes money and resources. by TB 2012-04-15 17:06:36
- Size doesn't matter, it's the tensile strength. n/t by RobVG 2012-04-15 22:06:14
  - Good point, but most commercial screws are made from similar materials. by TB 2012-04-16 07:25:32
    - Between Home Depots supply and NASAs needs are those from an industrial supply house which will have screws and bolts ... by bowser 2012-04-16 09:48:45

As ice cap melts, militaries vie for Arctic edge by ER April 16, 2012 11:16 am

I'd say I don't want to live on this planet anymore.... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-16 20:45:20
They're having a terrible time. They plant a flag and it floats off. So they plant a flag ... by bowser 2012-04-16 18:10:23

Adobe InDesign and me by TB April 10, 2012 8:32 pm

Woot! A working linked Kindle table of contents! by TB 2012-04-16 12:43:08

Badass Gadgets: 13 Stellar Examples of Aggressive Hardware Design by bowser April 16, 2012 12:25 am

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