And contrast… 1992- On August 19, Deputy DA Lawrence Morrison delivered the opening statement and a week later, the videotape of the beating was shown. The doctors who treated Denny testified, describing his wounds and their efforts to repair them. Next to … Continue reading
Category Archives: Random stuff
Gotta play host this weekend… I know better than to do this… But… We’re doing Foolzcon again. Should be an interesting mix of people, between writers, pilots, shooters, and various ‘other’ folks… and folks started showing up last night. Contrary … Continue reading
Or logic from an uncluttered Mind … A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its … Continue reading
It’s pretty bad when CNN actually has to do a ‘positive’ piece on a Pub… As part of a larger story about Florida’s vaccine rollout, the renowned newsmagazine program spotlighted a recent $100,000 donation that Publix made to DeSantis’ re-election bid. … Continue reading
Got my second Wuflu shot yesterday (Moderna), and the ‘symptoms’ are much milder than the first go around… Got the stiff arm from the shot, and a headache, but not much else. We got in a rather interesting discussion in … Continue reading
Is why we are where we are today… Why you may ask? A far more troubling development, is how quickly a significant and powerful minority of Americans grew to believe that America is a fundamentally racist country and that white … Continue reading
Allan McDonald has passed away. He tried to stop the Challenger launch… He was overruled… An engineer for the maker of the shuttle’s booster rockets, he opposed letting it take off, worried that cold weather might affect them. He was … Continue reading
From a side conversation about music and musicians on a mil-email string last night… It went from Bill Withers, who was in the Navy for nine years before he became a songwriter, to Glen Campbell and his song Universal Soldier. … Continue reading
Guests in town. Go read the folks on the sidebar… sorry…
As a former navigator, I have always been intrigued by the Antikythera mechanism, first found in 1905. There is a ‘new’ update on the findings and modeling that is definitely worth watching, although it’s 30 minutes long. It is HERE. … Continue reading