Monthly Archives: April 2016 Octopus: best not swallowed whole. (Yeah, we’re one of the holdouts for the original Greek plural. Most correct in English is likely Octopuses, but we got your attention, didn’t we?) In any event, an octopus seems to have been used as a weapon in a homicidal assault in Wichita. (Octopus? Wichita? We’ll …
Monthly Archives: December 2015 …and we came across this, the Gunsmith Special of high-end aviation projects — a one of a kind, Mach 2.2 swing-wing fighter jet. The ad at Barnstormers.com said this: Ex RAF Tornado F2A ADV. MACH 2.2 Fast Jet Interceptor. Very rare. The only F2A Tornado aircraft in existence. Twin Stick trainer …
Monthly Archives: October 2015 It’s the rumble in the jungle… ah, rumble where tumbleweeds tumble? On 5 Dec 15 on John McHale’s ranch in Mason, Texas, there’s going to be a shooting competition the likes of which you’ve never, ever seen or heard of — with a million dollars on the line. And there’s a …
Monthly Archives: September 2015 Heather Leavell-Keaton. Not the Mom Of The Year. Meet Heather Leavell-Keaton, living (for now) proof that the Wicked Stepmother isn’t just a fictional trope or figment of Grimm history. They’re really out there, and the Brothers Grimm had no idea just how wicked they could get. Heather Leavell-Keaton was sentenced to die by …
Monthly Archives: July 2015 Mr Bison says, “It takes a special kind of stupid to crowd me, and then turn your back on me.” Buffalo demand respect. So what happens to today’s tee-ball narcissus generation? You know, the ones for whom life has been a constant featherbed of praise without challenge or accomplishment? The Unique …
How to make a cannon, in two easy steps: Start with a large piece of steel Cut away everything not part of a cannon. Now, why didn’t we think of that? That’s pretty much what Imgur user TickTock34 did, winding up with a 3/4 inch caliber, smoothbore, black powder cannon. Best of all, he photographed just …
Monthly Archives: May 2015 According to prosecutors, four men beat and kicked three others unconscious the other weekend. The beatdown began when one of the victims, Laura Gaarsland, told one of the attackers he was “a bad person.” He proceeded to prove how good he wasn’t, by assaulting her, and his friends joined in. Gaarsland’s …
Monthly Archives: April 2015 Fun fact: more work seems to have gone into this cover image than the document inside. First, here’s the unclassified Official Cyber Strategy of the USA, signed by Defense Secretary Ash Carter. Initial take: the guy really is an empty suit, stuffed with Beltway entitlement, and serving various constituencies, with the …
Monthly Archives: March 2015 The practice of posting That Was The Week That Was, an overview of the recently ended week, has tapered off here, as this kind of admin post is one of the least exciting to do. However, it’s a great way to call retroactive attention down on posts that might have been …
One gun jeep — looks dead butch, but needs work. (Starting/charging system has proven resistant to troubleshooting). Ian at Forgotten Weapons has reached that stage that all vintage-vehicle LTRs reach; he is so eager to be divorced from this 1946 CJ-2A Jeep (basically, a wartime Jeep with bigger headlights for the civilian market) that he’s …