Susan Boyle of the miniscule village of (I think) Whitewind, Scotland is my new hero. Reality shows often pimp out people with unrealistic expectations for laughs. If you’ve ever indulged in the guilty pleasure of watching that (as I admit… Continue Reading
It’s rare for me to make Big Brass Ones Awards in rapid succession. But after seeing this video, I’ve gotta hand it to these Israeli soldiers who found a very creative way to take a couple of the bad guys… Continue Reading
When I travel by plane, I do not pay all that much attention to the part of the safety briefing about a water landing. Frankly, I’ve always assumed that if a plane went down in the water, it would simply… Continue Reading
In February of this year, Lance Corporal Matthew Croucher, H.M. Royal Marines, was assigned with the rest of his unit to Afghanistan. While out on a raid on a Taliban compound, he felt a wire move against his leg and… Continue Reading
About the worst thing I can imagine would be to lose my family. That’s what happened to Dong Yun Yoon yesterday, in a freak accident when a Navy pilot had to eject and his F/A-18D crash-landed in Yoon’s house, killing… Continue Reading
If you don’t remember the Tank Man, watch the video below. If you’re too young to remember the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, then you must watch the video. If you have managed to stumble on this blog from China,… 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
Mildred Loving passed away Friday, at the age of 68. Mrs. Loving, and her husband Richard, successfully challenged the Commonwealth of Virginia’s legal ban on miscegenation, and won for themselves the right to marry, in 1967. Her husband, Richard, died… Continue Reading
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