Skip to content

Category Archives: Fencing

There goes the price of camping equipment

The new trendy American learns basic outdoor survival/camping techniques and raises the cost of outdoor camping/sporting equipment 1,000,000% (not to mention all the superfluous re-engineering) – thanks.

I just found out Violet the red tailed hawk died

Rest in peace Violet. GB the Horvaths. Picture taken from Washington Square Blog

Desperate greedy scientists and veterinarian abuse mountain lions in Colorado for grant money

Why these people have not been arrested is beyond me. They are greedy, unethical creeps and what they are doing is criminal. Yes, a “Smart Collar” – better to kill a mountain lion with! ‘Smart Collar’ in the Works to Manage Wildlife Better NY TIMES by Kirk Johnson

Taschen’s Book of Stanley Kubrick’s Napolean Research

Lifting this book is a marvel unto itself!

Metaphor and Obama’s Sputnik Analogy

From All Aphorisms, All The Time – a blog by James Geary

A Follow-Up OpEd by Nicholas Kristof

A Hedge Fund Republic? By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

Spending Tips From Frugal Billionaires (Ha Ha) on MSN (Ha Ha)

6 Ways to Live Like a Billionaire…….. There is something very wrong with a society that thinks ludicrous fluff like this is actually useful – billionaires advising the middle class to keep their homes simple! And to buy their clothes off the rack. Yes, that will definitely keep the lights on and food on the [...]

National Coffee Day is for the Birds

Yesterday was National Coffee Day – so I found out this morning from a blurb on an Indian website. Hmmmmm…..there was no free coffee anywhere around yesterday. Me, being the number 1 coffee addict in my general vicinity would zoom in on that like a scud missle….when I ordered a large soy cafe latte from [...]

Parrot arrested for aiding drug cartel

“A parrot in Colombia has been arrested after it was seized during a police drugs raid. According to environmental authorities, Lorenzo the parrot was trying to tip-off a local drug cartel when officers conducted an undercover raid early Wednesday. “This parrot was sending out alerts,” said police officer Hollman Oliveira. “You could say he was [...]

Dr. Strangelove – Bring the Troops Home

The Lunatic’s Manual – NY TIMES Op-Ed piece by Bob Herbert