Borepatch

Loss is perhaps the greatest emotion we can deal with. Sometimes loss comes as tragedy, unexpected. Sometimes it comes as atrocity, planne...

Paladin has it . Wow. Just wow. If you don't read him - especially on fridays - then you're missing out.

Thank you. Thankyouverymuch. (Hey, blame Pistolero for reminding me of Mojo Nixon!)

Ever wonder how scientists measure temperature? With all the talk about Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW), have you ever thought about whe...

Actually, I have another post about just how lousy the quality of the data is behind the whole Global Warming Medicine Show, as soon as I ge...

The Tao that is Math is not the Tao of all things Mathematical

After the RCOB moment in the last post, here's something that is pure awesome.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver passed on this week , after a full life of doing good work on behalf of the mentally retarded. Rest in peace, Mrs. S...

On video. My lovely bride got me the complete, boxed DVD set of Tales of the Gun , for my birthday. Man, that's some sweet watching, r...

Five of this week's nine Windows updates are critical. The Office Web Components vulnerability has been exploited for a couple months, ...

A New Year's Resolution for this year was to do more rapid fire shooting at the range. Friend Burt and I went to the range with his nif...

Glad they have those layers of editors and fact checkers.

Suppose you let your dog get away from you, and it attacked a policeman, biting him in the arm, leg, and face. What do you think would happ...

What do you get when a party that thought a voting demographic was a wholly-owned subsidiary of theirs finds out that the "Third Rail...

Like that will surprise either of my readers ... But seriously, I've been making odd mistakes - repeated, multiple mistakes. Either I...

I have not one, but TWO range reports to do, plus foodblogging, plus general other stuff. Busy now. In the meantime, let me just say to the...

I haz a tired. Iz hard being so cute. It's a good thing that little one-eyed dog is so cute, because she's quite the hellion.

He's had his one millionth (!) visitor . Bravo Zulu, AD. UPDATE 10 August 2009 12:08: Fixed typo of epic (fail) proportions. Thanks, TO...

As you've all heard, the White House has set up an email address for people to snitch out their neighbor's exercise of their first a...

I've been reading some of the ancient Stoic philosophers (Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus), and it's rather a maddening experience. T...