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Author Archives: Les Jones
My Mind Wanders
THERMOKING THE RMOKING KING OF THE RMO THE RMONES HEY! HO! LET’S GO!
Gander Mountain Sells Tannerite
I didn’t realize you could buy Tannerite at Gander Mountain. That gives me an idea – buy some Tannerite at Gander Mountain. This is what happens when you mix Tannerite and shoot it: Related: Cracked’s 7 Items You Won’t Believe … Continue reading
Forget Harbrace. Get Your Grammar Advice from Cracked.com
7 Commonly Corrected Grammar Errors (That Aren’t Mistakes) “To boldly go where no man has gone before” is the classic example of a split infinitive from the title sequence of Star Trek. People with red pens around the world have … Continue reading
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If you enjoy the combination of gunblogging and watchblogging …
this is good for a laugh.
What does the water resistance rating on watches mean?
Short answer: not at all what you’d think. From the Amazon watch forum FAQ: Water resistance. First, bear in mind that the meters/feet of water resistance on a watch have nothing to do with being able to swim with the … Continue reading
Hulu: pretty sweet while it lasted
Hulu, networks to change model of free streaming: Hulu, which attracted 31 million unique users in March under a free-for-all model, is taking its first steps to change to a model where viewers will have to prove they are a … Continue reading
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What I Saw at the Zoo
Knoxville Zoo Beauty Salon for Goats I took the day off Friday to chaperone Natalie’s kindergarten class to the zoo. Good times.
Phil Williams on Beer
“I don’t always drink beer, but when I do…wait, no. I do always drink beer. Never mind.” – Phil Williams the guy I went to high school with
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“You’re not stabilizing the market. You’re creating more chaos.”
“You’re not stabilizing the market. You’re creating more chaos.” It’s only taken six years to learn, but the lesson may finally be sinking in: Public policy designed to keep bad borrowers in homes they don’t want to pay for has … Continue reading
Amazon’s Free Audubon Guide to North American Birds for Android
Get it here. I’ve used the print version for decades. I’m curious to try the electronic version, if for nothing else to have the bird calls. Serious birders do most of their identification by call rather than sight, since you … Continue reading
Miami NBC6 Fires Reporer Jeff Burnside Over Altered George Zimmerman 911 Call
NBC6 Zimmerman edit explanation: On March 19 NBC6 ran a story on the phone call George Zimmerman made in connection with the Trayvon Martin case. In that story an error in editorial judgment was made in which a question from … Continue reading
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Ask for the Time, Find out How a Watch Works
I’m researching a watch purchase and I ran across this episode of Timothy Hunkin’s British TV show, The Secret Life of Machines, that details the history of timekeeping culminating in the invention of the quartz movement and LCD. The Secret … Continue reading
The State of Florida’s Lousy Case Against George Zimmerman
Tom Maguire – The George Zimmerman Bail Hearing It’s hard to pick the lowest of the low, but the darker moments for the prosecution included: – The admission by co-lead investigator that he had not personally interviewed George Zimmerman; – … Continue reading
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James Lovelock Goes Skeptical on Global Warming
Environmental Guru and Inventor of the “Gaia” Theory of the Living Earth James Lovelock: I Was a Climate Change “Alarmist” And So Is Al Gore “The problem is we don’t know what the climate is doing. We thought we knew … Continue reading
The Editing Room does “The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games: The Abridged Script: Sudden rule change! If there’s one thing that reality game show audiences love, it’s for the rules to shift during the game in order to favor particular contestants! As a result, it’s now possible … Continue reading
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George R.R. Martin on Gratuitous Sex
“I have gotten letters over the years from readers who don’t like the sex, they say it’s ‘gratuitous.’ I think that word gets thrown around and what it seems to mean is ‘I didn’t like it.’ This person didn’t want … Continue reading
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Nikon Releases D3200 Camera, 28mm F/1.8 Lens, WU-1a Wireless Adapter
Nikon D3200, WU-1a, Nikkor 28mm f/1.8G officially announced. The WU-1a is a little $60 doodad that lets you send pics to your WiFi-enabled smartphone or tablet so you can share them over the Internet. For now it only works with … Continue reading
Word of the Day – Beer and Skittles
Not Skittlebrau, but beer and skittles: Meaning ‘Beer and skittles’ is shorthand for a life of indulgence spent in the pub. Origin Skittles, also known as Ninepins, which was the pre-cursor to ten-pin bowling, has been a popular English pub … Continue reading
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Baby Charlie Logan is Home
We brought Charlie home from Children’s Hospital on Tuesday, so now the whole family is together. Baby and Melissa both had doctor’s appointments yesterday. Charlie checked out great. Melissa’s getting better. She’s going back tomorrow and Monday for followups. Having … Continue reading
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