When last we checked in with our intrepid correspondent, Team Munchkin Wrangler had returned from their excellent little side trip to Vienna. Back at my brother’s place, we spent the next few days with Family Stuff™. One thing that really worked out well on this trip was the way in which we were able to…
Category: history.
analog data: the longevity thereof.
One of my regular reads from the old Fatherland has an interesting article today about a letter that took 71 years to deliver. (link is in German) In WWII, German troops occupied the Channel island of Jersey for five years. Some of the local yoots decided to steal a bag of German military mail as…
do you hate a plant more than you love your rights?
Prohibition causes huge profit margins for dealers cause turf wars cause violence causes public concern causes calls to “do something” cause gun control. If you’re for prohibition, you are for gun control. That’s irrespective of the substance to be prohibited. I posted that on Facebook yesterday, in response to one of my FB friends posting…
battleship.
My friend Mark went to visit USS Iowa (BB-61). Being a 3D animator type, he took a metric crapton of detail pictures. If you’ve never been on an Iowa-class battleship, or you’re just a sucker for those big-ass ships and their big-ass guns, his Picasa page of the trip is worth a look.
iconic photography.
If none of these pictures get even a single tear out of you, it’s possible that you’re human only by biological designation.