Ok, the engineer in me has officially decreed this to be the coolest thing I have ever seen. The short story?
Local Motors announces a competition to design a car to meet a certain set of requirements.
People from around the world design up cars, and submit them [...]
So Better Half and I started watching the new series V a few nights back, and my only real gripe so far (aside from various engineering and physics qualms) was the acceptance rate. Yes, these aliens are human-looking. Yes, they get here speaking our languages. Yes, they talk some good [...]
Thanks to RideFast's reminder, my donate button off to the left has been updated to make use of the new GunPal system... which probably does not matter, since no one used the old one, but there it is.
[...]With winter storming Eastern Tennessee by force these days, one of the considerations Better Half and I will have for our future house will be window treatments. Window treatments? Well, in addition to blocking out sunlight, Peeping Toms, and other such things, a lot of pleated curtains these days [...]
It is something of a lengthy post, but you need to read this. There, but for the grace of God, goes America, and it would seem as though God's graces have been getting mighty sparce recently...
[...]It is something of a lengthy post, but you need to read this. There, but for the grace of God, goes America, and it would seem as though God's graces have been getting mighty sparce recently...
[...]For all of those veterans out there who are not yet members of USAA, this is your chance.
I am very pleased to let you know that USAA membership is now open to anyone who has honorably served in the U.S. military.For all of those veterans out there who are not yet members of USAA, this is your chance.
I am very pleased to let you know that USAA membership is now open to anyone who has honorably served in the U.S. military.Win:
In a surprising softening of Liberal policy, party leader Michael Ignatieff says penalties for violating requirements of the long-gun registry could be "decriminalized" as part of an effort to broaden its legitimacy in the eyes of rural Canadians.I very deliberately did not post or comment about the mass murder at Fort Hood's Soldier Readiness Center yesterday, simply because I am loathe to contribute to the wrong side of the signal-to-noise ratio - cutting-edge information is important, but I feel better presenting factual information.
First, let me [...]
ABC Radio reports something like "Republicans held an anti-healthcare reform protest on the Capitol steps." Turns out it was 10,000 tea party protesters. Those must be some steps.
A 40 year old Major with a very-clearly-middle-eastern name kills over a dozen and wounds over 30 in a Gun Free Zone filled [...]
What is up with birds and crossing roads? On the way home, day before yesterday, somewhere around 15 10-15 pound turkeys crossed my road. Traffic had to stop and wait, for quite some time, simply because the birds in question went from an unorganized grouping on one side of the [...]
