Flares into Darkness

The Greenland shark , due to a high concentration of Trimethylamine N-oxide (ammonia) in its flesh, is highly toxic. However, it can be fer...

Click any image to enlarge Helen Dryden was an early 20th century illustrator who is best known for her covers for the fashion magazines Vo...

On Black Friday I don't do a TGIF post because the long weekend started Wednesday night. However, I will use this Black Friday as an op...

From the 1958 Edwards Standard Service calendar (click image to enlarge) Remember, always make sure your Turkey is smaller than your oven. A...

Generally, I dislike the idea of prank videos. All too often they are just intruding upon people to create content for social media. While ...

Click any image to enlarge The Paragauy War, commonly known as the  War of the Triple Alliance , which was waged from 1865 until 1870, was t...

Get ready for a stockpiling weekend with Ning Pattama.   

With winter nearing I'm sure that many of you, those who are too stupid to live in pleasant climes, will be stuck in your houses lookin...

Click any image to enlarge With Veterans Day just having passed, I thought some images commemorating them was in order. During WWII the U.S....

Credit: PA:Press Association (click image to enlarge) This cou...

Get ready for a solitary weekend with The Moon Loungers.  

The above video shows a day excursion on the Thai-Burma railroad. These excursions, which operate on the weekends and holidays, run north-w...

Click any image to enlarge Mirrors fascinate people. They allow us to see our faces which are normally forever hidden from us. In art they p...

Get ready for a doubtable weekend with Ty Taylor.  

The MRE has a day's worth of meals. They are all quite substantial looking. These are from the YouTube channel Readiness Rations . He c...

Click image to enlarge The cheesecake in my Halloween photo for this post is just fine, but it strikes me that the two pumpkins in it fall f...

Click any image to enlarge  In the 1880s Eben Moody Boynton acquired an old set of railroad tracks on Long Island running between Gravesend ...

Get ready for a dissolving weekend with Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba.  

The Bridge On The River Kwai is an entertaining movie, but there was always something that seemed very off about it. Lt. Colonel Nicholson,...

Click any image to enlarge Henry Ossawa Tanner was a late 19t...