Archive for June, 2009
Michael, we hardly knew ye…
I hope that, by now, I am one of the many people who are truly sick and tired of the Michael Jackson death coverage. C’mon people, he’s DEAD. Now let him rest in peace and let’s get on with our lives.
But, no, the vultures keep circling the corpse. Cripes. John and Bobby Kennedy, Reagan and a half [...]
Bumper Sticker of the Day
Just got back from a big match in Parma, Idaho.
This was the U.S. Practical Shooting Association’s Area 1 championship. About 323 shooters came to this year’s event, including some of the top guns in the game. Despite not doing terribly well (I finished 92nd out of the 102 in Limited class), I had fun.
(I [...]
Attack of the radioactive wasps
So the story started yesterday with this article in the Tri-City Herald.
It continues today with this article in the Seattle TImes.
While the TCH article didn’t get much buzz (har, har), the Times article has generated a LONG chain of comments, which should only be expected with a subject like radioactive wasps.
Some of the better ones [...]
Adventures in eating
I think the photo says it all….
Back to the bacon front
This just in, courtesy of award-winning page designer D. Braun.
The bacon plasma torch. (Or, the last word in REALLY hot food).
Details available here.
Of course, it would be one of those guys at Popular Science who would come up with something like this. (And, technically, it’s a bacon and prosciutto plasma torch, which is a heck [...]
Take a deep breath
OK, take a deep breath and try to read this aloud all in one go…
“The Sediment Evaluation Framework is a guidance document developed through a cooperative interagency effort to create a regional approach to sediment evaluation for proposed dredging projects in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. It provides guidance for sampling, sediment testing and test [...]
