Borepatch

Dwight emails news from the Lone Star State : Deputies with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office say a homeowner shot a man suspected of peep...

OldNFO has some pertinent info on rescue .  He's been trained in this sort of thing and offers background info. DiveMedic also has an ex...

Just remember: fourteen states set high temperature records in July and August of 1934 .  Two states have set high temperature records in t...

Why did the banana put sunscreen on? It was starting to peel. 

I made Christmas ornaments on the lathe today.  Need to paint them Christmasy colors, but it was interesting to make round shapes, and long ...

I post frequently about how classical music has fled the wasteland that is the concert hall and taken up residence in Hollywood.  For a brie...

Why was Karl Marx teased by his classmates in grammar class? He couldn't capitalize. 

While I haven't shot one, I have seen one in person at the first New England Blogshoot many moons ago.  It's pretty cool. Well, if y...

Yesterday's post about Roman numbers didn't quite scratch my Pedantic itch, so here's another.  One of the really interesting th...

What word is always spelled wrong? Wrong. And now the digression.  A couple folks left comments to the last Dad Joke pointing out that I use...

Here's a collection of security news I found interesting (and horrifying). US nuclear weapon bunker security secrets spill from online f...

ASM826 put a new quote up on this blog's header: Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and though We are not now that strength which in old d...

Did you know that if you flip a canoe over you can wear it as a hat? Of course.  It becomes cap-sized. (Hat tip: The Queen Of The World, so ...

Tomorrow is Father's Day.  There's a different take on this day than on Mother's Day, because there's a different take on fa...

Ron DeSantis is sending Florida Law Enforcement to help police the border in Arizona and Texas : Gov. Ron DeSantis pledged to send Florida l...

One thing about living in Southwest Florida is that people come here from all over.  At the dog park this morning I was talking to one of th...

The neighbor who has been teaching me to turn wood had a fall yesterday.  He's in his '80s and has Parkinson's so this wasn'...

Why did the snowman name his dog "Frost"? Because he bites. 

FredLewers asked a question on my last post :  What kind of wax are you using? I'm using Iddo Kimball's Wood Rub .  You can apply it...

  Le bol est finis.  I added a thin coat of wax and am hoping that the South Florida heat on the lenai will melt it in a bit. We have a bunc...