Borepatch

Stephen emails a dad joke appropriate for the Florida summer weather: I saw where the meteorologist who invented the ‘feels like’ temperatur...

This has been an ongoing problem for some time and Sig has failed to get out in front of it, but now it's reached the tipping point for ...

Not mine, but Dwight's .  He the go-to guy for obituaries and which coach has been fired.  16 years old now.  Congrats! 

I may come as no surprise to long time readers, but I led a pretty intellectually precocious adolescence.  Part of that was listening to the...

  Remember, it's Florida, which means the humidity is off the charts.  Sing it, Buster ,,,  

This starts out "yaknow, that sounds like a good idea" but gets creepier and creepier as you read more : Ring doorbells and camera...

   While the internet indulges in tributes and memorials to Ozzy Osborne, I want to reach into the vault and remember Ozzy for the moment wh...

Rest in peace. 

I had a chip implanted in my body.  Cool Ranch Dorito's. 

Well, the security of the freight train , that is: When independent security researcher Neil Smith reported a vulnerability in a comms stand...

All your drill batteries will be almost dead when you start a project.  Both will make the drill spin when you test them out, but they'...

Somehow I missed this last December.  It appears to have been painted during his lifetime , likely by someone who knew what he looked like. ...

Go wish him Happy Blogiversary . 

A bunch of States have State Dinosaurs ?  I guess that since it's true that nobody's Life, Liberty, or Property are safe when the Le...

 Why is Ghislaine Maxwell in prison? She was convicted of child trafficking and procurement, but now it's time for that to be overturned...

Is Xi on the way out?  Lawrence has a very detailed and very interesting analysis . And something to add in that today Xi was a no-show at t...

When Ives composed this in the 1890s (at age 17!), there was no official national anthem.  "My Country Tis Of Thee" was generally ...

OldNFO posts a hilarious story about scrounging to keep the subs on patrol : On June 11, 1942, disease, and perhaps an increasing desire not...

  In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it b...

I was born by God's dear Grace in an extraordinary place.  Happy Birthday to that place. I pledge allegiance to that flag, and if that b...