Coffee At Borders: This afternoon I took the wife to the Borders bookstore in Warrenton, so she could look at art magazines. She loves to l...

Are They Joking? Heidi at Euphoric Reality points me to a story about a Nike advert that is apparently causing some objections among incred...

Hot. I don't know about this , but in my part of Virginia, it's too hot to think. I trust you will all forgive me, but it's alm...

Yes, I'll Brace for That: Celestial Junk Blog warns us to prepare for the outrage : As news reaches us that two US troopers were “slaugh...

Hostis Humanii Generis Strong words from Austria: The EU has welcomed US president George W. Bush's statements on ending the Guantanamo...

The more things change, the more they stay insane: Feuding families bring road to a standstill I can just hear Irene Ryan yelling "Ther...

Addendum to Last: The Geek with a .45 notices a little tampering with a review of the new Superman: Quote: ----------- In "Superman Re...

Why Patriotism? Much has been made of the anti-patriotic rant by one or another of the Dixie Chicks: "The entire country may disagree ...

A Stetson: Quarterly taxes being due yesterday, I don't have much to offer to Project VALOR IT right now. I will, however, make a perso...

Gifts for Bush: I have only one comment about this story : these people have outstanding taste in gifts. I'd be happy to receive any o...

OP VALOR IT: Grim's Hall has always supported Operation VALOR IT . Sadly, events here continue at a pace such that I haven't been a...

Bedside Manner: I went into see the doctor today to get a tetanus shot, on account of having stepped on a rusty nail. It took three hours -...

Intelligence Coup: When I began hearing about large numbers of Al-Qaeda in Iraq members being rounded up or killed during the past week, I a...

You're Welcome, Rabbi: Via Russ Vaughn , again: Thank God our safety is in the hands of these guys from the Midwest and South and not th...

So… I was spurred into pulling an old book off the shelf by Grim’s post this morning. I looked at that drawing, and then thought back to th...

Of Course You Realize, This Means War: A wee cartoon from the Arizona Republic : Russ Vaughn sends, and suggests that you might want to writ...

Bounty Hunting: Thailand has an interesting new counterinsurgency strategy it is considering: pay civilians to shoot insurgents . As you r...

Rite of Passage: It seems that I've been away from the Hall for too long. I return, partly because I have a question to pose to the memb...

Recruiting and retention seems on track. All Active duty branches have met their targets for the year so far for both new recruits and and r...

Three Guantanamo Bay Detainees Die of Apparent Suicide. Can you just imagine the conversations going on right now at Gitmo? I'll bet you...