We’re coming up on Memorial Day, and I found that quite a few folks didn’t know this about coins on headstones (specifically military headstones)… The tradition of leaving coins on the headstones of military men and women can be traced … Continue reading
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Is coming to Texas on 1 September! Governor Abbott is set to sign the bill sent forward from the Texas Legislature HB1927, which will grant Constitutional Carry in Texas. The link to the engrossed bill is HERE. IANAL, don’t play … Continue reading
These glorious insults are from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words. A member of Parliament to Disraeli: “Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.” “That depends, Sir,” said … Continue reading
Binocular view… Saturday night I sat in on a wide ranging panel by David Weber and D.J. Butler moderated by Dr. Rob Hampson at Fanta Sci. History, travel, the ‘lenses’ through which people view various things (movies and books for example), … Continue reading
Decent panels, only three rooms in use, so fairly easy to get to the presentations as they’re all in the hotel in close proximity. Since this is Baens home office, Tony Weiskoff did a roadshow for two hours this morning. … Continue reading
On the road again. At a real Con! Yay!!! Currently at FantaSci in North Carolina. Good panels, good folks, and good times (well, other than the hotel restaurant not being open for table service). A lot of folks are just … Continue reading
14 years… 5100 and some posts, 74,000 and some ‘actual’ comments, a quarter of a million SPAM comments in the last five years, and a little over a half million views average a year. Thank you to all those who … Continue reading
What is it? Plane, train, or??? Answer below the fold… … Continue reading
I ‘think’ my days of strong back, weak mind are done. Now it’s weak back to go with the weak mind, and being almost 70… It wasn’t this hard the last time I did this!!! Volunteered to help somebody move … Continue reading
This one came over the transom from the Mil e-mail net… THE LAWS OF LIFE LAW OF MECHANICAL REPAIR: After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you’ll have to pee. LAW OF GRAVITY: Any tool, … Continue reading