I know my music tastes are wildly different from most of my readers, but I one of the reasons I blog is to remind myself of things so I am going to list my favorite music from 2008, in a couple of categories. I have a couple of follow ups on this, but this covers [...]
Jumping the traditional January first kick off for the annual Summer Of Fear competition Sharks have kicked off early by ‘taking’ a man near Perth. By ‘taking’ I am pretty sure they mean chewing on, not going to a party together. This breach of contest etiquette was quickly matched by perennial favorites, the Squirrel who [...]
Ok the best of the year for a newspaper column again goes to
This lady is a hero, but the story is filled with lots of little cues on why being a real hero is hard. Her story in short is that she got a bid for work on home repairs, that lead her to expose massive fraud but after six years her home still wasn’t fixed. The [...]
I have traveled to the United Kingdom for years and I watched as their police forces stopped policing and started to rely on cameras for all speed enforcement. I understand why it was appealing, the police officer never has to listen to another excuse or deal with a belligerent driver but I would point out [...]
Apparently there are three movies in the works about the Battle of Hastings. I can’t wait to see how they improve the story, I am sure it will be awesome. Hopefully the elves will show up like they did at Helms Deep. I always thought the Battle of Hastings lacked Orlando Bloom style action. Free [...]
The California Supreme Court has decided to dramatically limit the good Samaritan law in the state. Important lesson: Never put out a burning Californian. If you should see a burning Californian, remember the Skraeling motto ‘When in danger, when in doubt, run in circles scream and shout.’ Trust me, this is much, much safer than [...]
This is a best of 2008 list you don’t want to be on, The Smoking Gun’s 2008 Mug Shots of the Year.
Interesting Wired article about scientists making the first contact with an under ground magma pocket, providing a first chance to study magma under the ground. This is pretty cool but I was surprised that it hadn’t been encountered before now. Still should be very useful in studying how the planet came together.