You don’t see things like this every day. In Ventura County, the ground just started to get hot, baking to the point that it could fire ceramics. The reason is likely some kind of underground combustion of petroleum; this has… Continue Reading
The ol’ laptop is running on its last legs. The monitor contacts are flickering. The battery lasts about ten minutes without being plugged in. The boot-up cycle is about five minutes long, and shutting down takes almost as much time… Continue Reading
I’ve been kind of figuring that the front-runner for Governor in 2010 was Gavin Newsom. But it turns out that Dianne Feinstein has indicated interest in the job. She’s the 800-pound gorilla and if she wants it, it’s obviously hers.… Continue Reading
A military tribunal has tried Salim Hamdan, Osama bin Laden’s driver, and found him guilty of receiving weapons training and delivering arms in the cause of terrorist attacks on the United States. He has been sentenced to imprisionment for five… Continue Reading
For Day -1 of the Olympics, let’s take a look at your dining options while in Beijing. You might think that hey, it’s China, so the Chinese food is going to be great! But the quality of ingredients available in… Continue Reading
This must be how Michael felt after he told Tom Hagen to make sure Fredo never betrayed the family again. How Travis felt when had to go behind the woodshed. The way a doctor feels when he has to amputate… Continue Reading
Learning this gives me hope for the future of skepticism in our society. While there are plenty of wooly-headed fuzzy thinkers out there who believe in crap like Therapeutic Touch, an eleven-year-old girl was able to construct and execute a… Continue Reading
Freakonomics asks, why don’t more companies hire assassins to kill their competitors’ CEOs? It’s a delicious question, impetuous and brilliantly amoral. After all, when the CEO of a company dies, the stock tends to decline in value rapidly. Thinking about… Continue Reading
Today is day -2 of the Olympic Games, which means that preliminary rounds of some sports are getting started now. For instance, in women’s soccer, team USA stumbled out of the starting gate with a 2-0 loss to Norway. So… Continue Reading
Justin Gardner at Donklephant is impressed with Barack Obama’s suggestion that people adequately maintain their cars and keep their tires properly inflated to increase their gas mileage. He is unimpressed with the proposal to increase offshore oil drilling (memo to… Continue Reading