Borepatch

I have a chicken carcass simmering down to broth, and bread rising in the oven.  I'm writing up a range report for my new (to me) Lee En...

I just figured out (translation: Googled) how to embed a Youtube video so that it starts at the point you want.  I had wanted to use the end...

The Internet is an astonishingly powerful force.  What you say - or write - can effect your reputation for the rest of your life. It appea...

Wednesday marks the Autumn Equinox, the first day of autumn.  As you'd expect, there's terrific classical music for this occasion; a...

I didn't hit the road at my planned 0600, but rather at 0730. Duty called, but since Duty didn't bring MPs with him, Duty had to wai...

Wow : Leaving the wounded in the rear, Cpl. Meyer and Sgt. Rodriguez-Chavez swapped Humvees. This time the enemy was waiting in a dry stre...

And so has everyone.  As in just about everyone has covered this song: Lynn Anderson , Asleep At The Wheel,   Willie Nelson , the Sunny Cow...

I've often said that one of the problems with Rock these days is that it just doesn't do love songs like it used to.  That it'...

The Willow Run Bomber Plant . This factory built 650 B-24 bombers a month.  GM shut it down in 2009, when the company became the People...

But that's because I had never seen it in the original Shakespeare. Via #1 Son.

Al Gore has gone full-on Jerry Lewis, holding a 24 hour telethon to support Global Warming. Srlsy . It's all completely sciency and ...

Even Hitler is mocking it. DirtCrashr FTW!

There are a bunch, and you'll want these. This month's Microsoft Patch Tuesday gave a bumper crop of patchy goodness - something l...

Today is the birthday of a bunch of notables: Agatha Christie was born on this day in 1890. Roy Acuff , the Country Music great was born...

Oh, the humanity! Football fans who make offensive chants about wind turbines could face stiff jail sentences under plans by the governmen...

Last year we saw the spectacular resignation letter of the late Hal Lewis , ending his half century affiliation with the American Physical ...

I was going to Mock the Lightbringer, but it looks like he's mocking himself : The Twitter hashtag #AttackWatch directs comments to ...

This seems very, very worth while.  The VFW is offering a $30,000 scholarship : WHO CAN ENTER: The Voice of Democracy Program is open t...

Woah : The Tea Party is at once a very traditional American phenomenon – generally known as a “Great Awakening” – and part of a global i...

That's why he's keeping them from visiting the United State s: More than a dozen Canadians have told the Psychiatric Patient Advoca...