You rarely hear about it, but the military’s Central ID lab is out here. Most of the time it only makes the news if a new set of remains from Vietnam is discovered and turned over to the lab for forensic examination, but it still has other work to do. Currently the laboratory is identifying …
Kuff got me. List ten songs that you are currently digging … it doesn’t matter what genre they are from, whether they have words, or even if they’re no good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying right now. Post these instructions, the artists, and the ten songs in your blog. Then tag five …
By virtue of six memos newly released to the public, we now know that most of the military lawyers who were consulted about the legality of interrogation techniques proposed and used in Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib strongly disagreed with the use of those techniques. The documents include one written by the deputy judge advocate general …
Here are some thoughts about digital photography from the editor of foto8. Put simply, in order to make better images, take more pictures and edit, print and publish them so that you are sharing and showing your work to more people. Receiving their feedback, be they family, friends or colleagues, can help you understand how …
Ok, Potter fans: here’s a three-part interview with JK Rowling, conducted on July 16 of this year. It’s full of highly illuminating material, such as this amusing bit: ES: Why does Dumbledore allow Peeves to stay in the castle? JKR: Can’t get him out. ES: He’s Dumbledore, he can do anything! JKR: No, no no …
Cue the “Outer Limits” theme music: a Canadian wildlife geneticist plans to test fur purportedly from Sasquatch, aka Bigfoot. In the latest sighting, a group of Teslin residents told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. they heard branches cracking and saw a large human-like creature run by a house. It left behind large footprints, they said, and …
Coturnix has compiled an awesome list of current blog carnivals, carnivals which may have passed away, and even things which don’t necessarily meet carnival standards but may soon. Have a look; I’ll be surprised if you can’t find one to like.
Remember those hilarious Bud Light’s “Real American Heroes – Men of Genius” ads? Here’s a large collection of them in mp3 format. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, go there and click any one; you’ll instantly recognize it. A couple I remember are “Mr. Way Too Much Cologne Wearer” and “Mr. Wedding Band …
Myron Floren has died. He was the accordionist for Lawrence Welk’s band from 1950-1982. When I was eight or nine I took accordion lessons while we lived in San Pedro, Ca. Every Thursday I’d be driven off to Lomita or Torrance or one of those little towns in the vast auto-heavy landscape that is Greater …
A random thought I had while passing through a room with C-Span’s “Washington Journal” on the tube: who is “further ado” and why is he/she always without? Bring “further ado” into the conversation!