Not impressed...

Not impressed...  Delingpole, that is – he's definitely not impressed by the UN's sexism expert...

The tax man is coming!

The tax man is coming!

Oh, I miss Rummy...

Oh, I miss Rummy...  Here's his letter to the IRS...

All dogs, all the time...

All dogs, all the time...  At Dogging Meade's place.  He has an amazing talent for capturing the dogly essences...

Eagle hunter...

Eagle hunter...  This 13 year old Mongolian girl uses an eagle to hunt with...

Museum of Quackery...

Museum of Quackery...  A great collection of quacks and questionable devices.  The photo at right shows a demonstration of the “Psycograph”, a machine that measures the contours of one's head for a phrenological analysis.  Very quacky!

The Museum of Quackery home page will lead you to all the goodies...

Five materials that will change the world...

Five materials that will change the world...  The last two of these were new to me: shrilk and stanene.  Advances in materials science has been spectacular over my own lifetime, though I've noted before that most people seem to be largely unaware of them.  I suspect that's because the materials advances have generally been a component of some other piece of more visible technology.  Take an iPhone, for example: dozens of advances in materials were required before an iPhone could be possible...

I don't like the wind!

I don't like the wind!  Another in my crazy person series.  You'll want full screen mode on this one...

Cherry blossoms in Washington...

Cherry blossoms in Washington...  They're almost beautiful enough to make your forget about the native criminal class that works there.  Click to embiggen; more here...

World's first atomic clock wristwatch!

World's first atomic clock wristwatch!  Awesome.  Should be good for one's bicep development, though only on one arm :)

Southwest Airlines safety briefing...

Southwest Airlines safety briefing...  I've enjoyed the inflight comedy of Southwest's flight attendants many times, but I never ran into any that were this good.  If you're old enough, you may remember the old Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) – they were even more famous for this kind of inflight humor.  USAir acquired PSA in 1988, and unfortunately their humor culture did not survive the merger...