Thursday, December 31, 2015

Bet He Never Spends a Night in Stir

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Bill Cosby was charged on Wednesday with sexually assaulting a woman after plying her with drugs and alcohol in 2004, the only criminal case...
Wednesday, December 30, 2015

A Phrase You Never Hear Anymore

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"Exploratory surgery." That was fairly common when I was a kid, for a doctor would feel something or an x-ray would render a fuz...
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Kiddie Table Down One; 2016 Edition

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Former New York governor George Pataki has suspended his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. "Suspended" as in ...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Two Hours I'll Never Recoup

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After watching The Homesman on a cable rental. "Slow", "gawdawful" and "pointless" are the first three adje...
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Step 1: Pick Up Law Book

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Step 2: Throw it at the defendants. Authorities said a Texas teenager serving probation for killing four people in a drunken-driving wreck ...
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Sunday, December 27, 2015

The Bitter Tears of the Hoplophobes

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Waaaah! This year, among the socks and sweaters, bottles of wine, a large number of Americans will find another present: guns. Gun shop o...
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Jon Swift Memorial Blog Roundup

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Posted here . I was invited to play. I suspected that there would be at least a small number of hoplophobic posts and I was right. So, o...

Your Sunday Morning Jet Noise

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B-52 minimum interval takeoff Geez, doesn't anyone use tripods anymore? Even a monopod would have helped.
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Saturday, December 26, 2015

Modern Stupidity

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This is the packaging for one of those portable power supplies for recharging smartphones: This is a note on the lower edge of the packag...
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Halt and Catch Fire Mode

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For "hoverboards", the "catch fire" part is literal. It seems that "Chinese POS is an apt description. If you h...
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