And now you know…

Those pesky little questions one often wonders about…Q: Why do men’s clothes have buttons on the right while women’s clothes have buttons on the left?A: When buttons were invented, they were very expensive and worn primarily by the rich. Since … Continue reading

Random Things…

Firearms Refresher Course1. “Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not.” Thomas Jefferson2. “Those who trade liberty for security have neither.” ~ Benjamin Franklin 3. Free men do not ask permission to bear arms.4. … Continue reading

One to think about…

this is another one that came over the transom at work today… From the mil-email… A scary contribution from one of our “friends”. But the real scary part is if you read the paper or watch TV…nobody seems to care. … Continue reading

Weird History…

This is the picture that started it all… This was the first picture ever posted on the Interwebz… And it figures, it was from a “government” installation! LOL HERE is the rest of the true story!  And it went downhill … Continue reading

A new ‘toy’ to play with…

A few months ago, somebody found a website that allowed you to ‘color’ a US map with all the states and how often you’d interacted with them. In comments somebody wondered if there was one for the ‘world’… Guess what??? … Continue reading

Guilty…

From the Freeh Report–  “Four of the most powerful people at The Pennsylvania State University — President Graham B. Spanier, Senior Vice President-Finance and Business Gary C. Schultz, Athletic Director Timothy M. Curley and Head Football Coach Joseph V. Paterno … Continue reading

Strange airplanes/videos…

This is the Convair FY2 Sea Dart… A one of a kind… It is/was the ONLY supersonic sea plane ever built! This one is a B-52 that lost it’s ENTIRE rudder, flew 5 more hours and landed safely…  One of … Continue reading

Arms Trade Treaty…

This one just is beyond the pale, and I REALLY cannot understand why Hillary is in such a rush to get this pushed through, other than ‘fear’ of us unwashed masses, clinging bitterly to our religion and our guns…International talks … Continue reading

FLIP…

In contrast to yesterday’s post, I’ll give you a system that was developed many (actually 50) years ago for a 5 year program. FLIP is a rather interesting little Navy testing asset, and truly a one of a kind… The … Continue reading

And now, PUNS…

I did a theatrical performance about puns . It was a play on words. I changed my i Pod name to Titanic… It’s syncing now . When chemists die, they barium . Jokes about German sausage are the wurst . … Continue reading