Scientists Find Soft Tissue in T-Rex Bone! Shades of Jurassic Park Batman! Even without the science fiction aspect this is really great news and should allow a ton of information about the animals to be found out.

Unleashing those mechanical-bull riders a major concern for our elected officials. Next they will remove the no bumping rules that have crippled Marylands bumper car industry.

The death of Queen Elizabeth I on March 24th 1603 led to the start of ‘Ill Week’ which was actually several weeks of looting and burning all along the border between Scotland and England. This was the last gasp of the Border Reivers, bandits who had held the border in fear for over 300 years. [...]

Fifteen Elvish ways to die is a remarkably apt list of exactly what it describes. In case you ever need a list of 15 elvish ways to die, this is the place to go.

Orioles’ DuBose arrested for DUI. No suprise there, I enjoy baseball, but I don’t think they are all saints. However the money quote in the article is a winner.
When instructed to recite the alphabet, DuBose allegedly said, “I’m from Alabama, and they have a different alphabet.”
Brilliant. Just Brilliant.

Malaysia’s floggers get pay rise. Thank god someone is looking after the professional floggers. The money quote for me in the story is

But the government has stressed that illegal migrants will be flogged gently in comparison with those sentenced for violent crimes.
Well I bet that makes everyone feel sooo much better now doesn’t it.

Frederick Funston was a major figure in the United States colonial war in the Phillipines. As the war became an guerilla war, Funston led a mission to capture the leader of the insurection, Emilio Aguinaldo.
To do this he used a group of 80 loyal Philipinoes disquised as rebels and a group of five American [...]

Falconry at the Battle of Hastings Reenactment October 2004 #3

Originally uploaded by Tancread.

A Display of Mounted Falconry at the Battle of Hastings Reenactment October 2004
Taken with a Nikon D70
450 mm F 8.00 1/400 s ISO 200

A research sub has found the remains of Japan’s WWII sub, the I-401. Built as an aircraft carrier to attack the Panama Canal it was captured at sea after the war and eventually scuttled. The drawings in the article show the size difference between this sub and the others of the period. It was HUGE!

The Jamestown massacre was one of the last chances the native american’s had to try and stem the flow of English settlers into Virginia. The news of the attack was betrayed to the settlers the night before the attack but word could not be sent out to all and nearly a third of the [...]