The Pentagon was inundated with so many studies in 2010 that it commissioned a study to determine how much it cost to produce all those studies. Now the Government Accountability Office has reviewed the Pentagon’s study and concluded in a report this week that it’s a flop. The study of a study of studies began […]

When Rankin Paynter learned that the Kmart in his Kentucky town was closing, he decided to buy everything that remained on the store’s shelves — and give it all away. Four cash registers and six-and-a-half hours after his shopping spree began, the benevolent businessman walked away with $200,000 worth of inventory and gave it all […]

Um, are you supposed to say that out loud? Apparently he forgot the unwritten rules where you do NOT say out loud, “We bought you fair and square!” D’uh. Even if everyone knows what the truth, you’re not supposed to say it out loud, right? Dude, now no one is going to vote for SOPA […]

Nanny state bureaucrats at it again. If it’s not banning foie gras, not allowing kids to ride alligators, now they recommend that you don’t castrate sheep with your teeth … what will they take away next?! 🙂 Via the WSJ. Don’t forget to read the comments – most interesting. Photo via 4HP Blogspot. You can […]

Yikes! “Fossils of a tiny and previously unknown saber-toothed, squirrel-like creature have been discovered in Argentina, providing new clues to how small mammals lived among dinosaurs more than 93 million years ago.” You can read more at the Huffington Post.

“The main reason Puritans didn’t like Christmas was that it was a raucously popular holiday in late medieval England. Each year, rich landowners would throw open their doors to the poor and give them food and drink as an act of charity. The poorest man in the parish was named the “Lord of Misrule,” and […]

UPDATE 2: Bingo!  I was able to toggle the drop down menu to include all of our navigation pages. What you most want to know is that YES – YOU CAN ACCESS THE FORUMS FROM MOBILE NOW! Touch / Click that triangle in the upper right hand corner and MAGIC! An expanded drop down menu […]

It’s still in BETA so while there is a search (top right) … sadly and sadly, all the minor and major conflicts, skirmishes and wars are listed, it’s a little hard to access … but an interesting start … Conflict History.com. If you reload the main page, it will randomly select an era. To navigate […]

If you do not know, a deadly tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri yesterday … Via Boston.com The tornado was given a preliminary EF4 rating — the second-highest rating given to twisters. The rating is assigned to storms based on damage they cause. Sunday’s tornado was the deadliest single U.S. twister in about six decades. Some […]

Radiation is not much fun in the real world but here are some charts that might be useful … You can read a brief overview here. Via the WSJ. And via XKCD. You can download the full size of the above chart HERE. And now back to the fun (volume alert).