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I heard a jazz version of this by Jeff Goldblum.  Who knew he could sing?   Spoiler Alert: he really can't. But this is a fine song, wel...

His Medal Of Honor citation is beyond belief .  What a man.

Blues and Christmas, baby!  

 It's Christmas season now, and The Queen Of The World found this nifty Canukistan blues.  Merry Christmas, Hosers! Maybe Blogger won...

A Charlie Brown Christmas was an annual show when I was growing up, and this was the iconic song from that show.  Vince Guaraldi is forever...

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Dwight posts his obit .  Dr. Brooks wrote "The Mythical Man-Month" which is perhaps the seminal computer science text.  I read it...

 Here's the content of the message we received. It is worth pointing out that this post has been sitting, unloved and unread, since July...

Important pro-tip: turkeys can't fly.  

Via The History Blog , there's a Sweet Potato Pie recipe from 1653 .  Pretty cool, although it's been updated for the modern palate....

Good Lord, it's been almost a week since I last posted.  Family things have been front and center, and hopefully are getting worked out....

Adan Piggott (Gentleman Adventurer) posted this a few weeks back.  It's been quite a while since I've posted Thursday Blues, and thi...

Congratulations to NASA for this week's successful SLS launch.  It is (for now at least) the most powerful rocket in history.  The Orion...

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 A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra were involved in a midair at an airshow in Dallas yesterday. Both aircraft were co...

Maybe this is New Wave meets Classical.  Danny Elfman was front man for the 1980s New Wave band Oingo Boingo.  If anyone has ever wondered j...

52 years ago today, the Oregon Highway Division tried to remove a whale carcass.  With dynamite .  Now there's a country music song for ...

Thank you to all who have served, especially: Grandpa (USA - RIP) Dad (USA - RIP) Uncle Dick (USMC - RIP) TQOTW's Dad (USAF - RIP) TQOTW...

Midterm elections are always bad for the President's party.  The only two exceptions in recent history prove this rule:  2002 when the c...

We continue to live in Claire Wolfe's "Awkward Time" - too late to vote ourselves out of this, too early to shoot the bastard...