Flares into Darkness

Since 1984 the United States, under the Rewards for Justice program, has offered large rewards for information leading to the capture or ...

Get ready for a high-energy weekend of with Forro in the Dark.  

Uri Gagarin (click any image to enlarge) On August 12, 1961 Uri Gagarin, aboard Vostok 1 , took an 108 minute flight which orbited the e...

A snippet of an opera illustrated by the Carmichael Collective .  

Click any image to enlarge The Soviets Union was notorious for having problems with alcoholism. These are a series of old Russian ant...

For your amusement on this hump day Ma and Pa Kettle do some math.   

This week George Friedman discusses Iran's strategic situation. Iran is attempting to assert itself as the dominant regional power, bu...

The rower's website: Bhavik.com .  

Click any image to enlarge Asia Obscure has a post, Jesus and Mary in a little Indian boat , about a small concrete block building in In...

Monday morning, start of the workweek blues by John Littlejohn.  

Peace by George Herbert Sweet Peace, where dost thou dwell? I humbly crave, Let me once know. I sought thee in a secret cave, A...

  Don't ask me why gnomes instead of the Easter Bunny is delivering the egg in this old card. Have a good Easter.

Click any image to enlarge I've posted about the Pontiac Stinger , perhaps the finest concept car that never quite made it into prod...

Pretty impressive bike stunts by Andrew Dickey. You can visit his YouTube feed, AndrewTrials , to see more.

Using the Toulouse shootings as a jumping-off point,  in this Stratfor article Scott Stewart discusses the difficulty in identifying and t...

Get ready for a weekend of lamentations with Stone Sour.  

I'm pressed for time tonight so this is just a brief post. Above is one of a series of animated gifs using old photos. It is from the...

The FBC Senior Adult Choir does hip-hop (I think).  

Click to enlarge The Hubble telescope has taken a lot of amazing pictures. The one above of the aurora at tyhe poles of Jupiter really s...

Some foolishness to get you over hump day while simultaneously irritating The Robotolizer .