The Great Snapping Turtle Adventure
I’ve always been one of those people who just has to get into things. Especially as a kid. I’ve always been a critter guy too. In about 1968 my parents started bringing my brother and me to Tellico on...
View ArticleROTFLMA nerd-style
A quickie drive-by post. I just got my ever-so-often RSS feed from XKCD.com. Randall Munroe, the cartoonist/math nerd/physicist/comic simply nails nerd humor, over and over. Today’s comic: <– Click...
View ArticleCatz are Nutz
After many years of careful observation, I’ve finally gathered proof-positive that cats are stark raving nucking futz. Or a lot smarter than we are. Or both. As conclusive evidence, I present Exhibit...
View ArticleCivil War on the Periodic Table
This is serious. They’re screwing with the periodic table again and I’m pissed… Background… By the age of 10 I’d memorized the periodic table in the back of Dad’s post-WWII college chemistry textbook....
View ArticleJeremy Clarkson: Don’t Stop Behaving Badly
So I was prowling news of the Empire (as in British) this morning when I came across this jewel from our old buddy, Jeremy Clarkson, famous in this country for his car show Top Gear. I found myself...
View ArticleA glimpse of Geezerdom
A couple of weeks ago my ham license expired (my 30th anniversary of being a ham.) Nowadays all I had to do was go the FCC website, fill out a little form and submit it. Given the average age of a ham...
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