Flares into Darkness

This Stratfor article discusses the situation surrounding Turkey in light of its recent elections.  First it discusses the tenuous balance...

I don't know who made these tiny guns, or how, or why. The site the gun pictures are from is in Russian so it will remain a mystery for...

Hmm... 3^2-3 = 3+3 = 6.  Does that mean that each die has different math problems on them?    

For this Monday morning blues session we have a live performance, by the incomparable John Lee Hooker, of  I'll never get out of these...

Wishes in the Wind by David Lenz The above painting is Wishes in the Wind by David Lenz . Until earlier in the year it hung in the Wisc...

After attending a Democratic organizing meeting, Lexington Green at Chicago Boyz came up with the idea of hacking the Obama 2012 campaign ...

I do not know if that was my crotch or not Anthony Weiner has lied and obfuscated every step off the way. He never sent messages, he had ...

The other day a pileated woodpecke r dropped by for a visit. It was clinging to the side of my house, eyeballing me through the window. I w...

Cartoon from flyguys.net Today marks the launching of the largest fishing expedition known to mankind, as the media and their crowd sourc...

This Stratfor article discusses al Qaeda's latest video which was released in the aftermath of the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Scott Ste...

A song by Mouse on the Keys to jazz-poofterize you for the weekend.  

Thus far my travel tips for Recovery Summer - the Sequel have taken us to such sights as atomic cannon s, giant weather vanes and quack m...

How would you like to deal with this  unsmiling bureaucrat? Ned Hardy has a the post 16 Pictures Of People Sitting At Their Desk From Aro...

An enthusiastic looking group of zombies protest Special Olympians Today a group of Special Olympians traveled to Madison Wisconsin for a...

Peaceman has built a Super-8 movie projector out of a lens, reels, a light source and Lego Technic. You can see it in operation in the ab...

In Freidman's last Stratfor article he discussed the strategic options open to Israel in light of the current situation in the Middle Ea...

Flotille by Etienne Cliquet. An intricately cut and folded piece of paper is floated in a dish of water. Capillary action causes the paper...

On Friday, in an interview the following exchange occurred: CHRIS WRAGGE: I know you were born in Queens, which is the home district of co...

Monday morning is upon us, so it is time for the start of the workweek blues. Today we have Billie Holiday singing  One for my Baby (and o...

Some photos from English Russia's post Private Photos of the USSR Inhabitants . The implication is that these are snapshots, but a lot ...