Category Archives: Misc

Good acting, good action, no shortcuts in the budget. Amazingly good sound, fer Pete’s sake. It was a little too sentimental with some of the criminals – Dillinger, obviously, which is hard to avoid, but more annoyingly with some of … Continue reading →

Guy with a helmetcam gets pulled over for speeding by a cop with no uniform. Gets indicted for violating Maryland’s wiretapping laws, faces up to 16 years in prison. Ace has the details and helmet cam video. Totally unrelated, but … Continue reading →

India has developed the world’s cheapest laptop – a touchscreen device which resembles Apple’s wildly popular iPad but will cost just £23. Price quoted is 23 pounds, which are British pounds, meaning money and not weight. That’s 58 kilometers, or … Continue reading →

We noticed Felix was limping Friday night and his paw was a little swollen. Saturday morning he was still limping, so Melissa took him to the vet. The vet’s best guess was a bite, possibly a cat bite or spider … Continue reading →

This week there were too many Sunday night shows to record and “Top Shot” didn’t get recorded. I’ve bumped it up in the Season Pass Manager. I’ll watch the re-run tonight.

New Aspirin Guidelines: Do I Really Need It?: Many of my cardiology patients ask about the value of taking daily aspirin to prevent heart attack and stroke. Recent research has shed new light on this. Indeed, mounting evidence reported in … Continue reading →

Romneycare hints at where Obamacare is headed.

The third worldwide Scott Kelby Photowalk is this Saturday, July 24th. Photographers around the world will gather to take pictures and share ideas in a one-day event. The Knoxville photowalk filled up fast, so there’s now a second Knoxville group. … Continue reading →

GRAAAAAAINS …

Hank Archer – “I recommend that this be called ‘Markley’s Law.’ That has to be some kind of variant of Godwin’s law: As an online discussion of gun owners’ rights grows longer, the probability of an ad hominem attack involving … Continue reading →

In two years time I’ve broken four or five BlackBerry cell phone holsters. The plastic clips break and there’s no way to fix them. At $20-25 a pop that gets annoying. I found a simple, plastic, molded holster on Amazon. … Continue reading →

At Joanna’s. H/T Tam. Lie #4 reminds me of something I read recently about the kinds of statements that issued forth from the government chambers of the old Soviet Union – statements that weren’t meant to be believed by the … Continue reading →

Mom and dad are proud of you, kiddo.