Making Toast : I wish this book had never been written, because it is the account of an unbearable sorrow , and I wish it had never befallen...

Gotta Love the Marine Corps: Apparently the USMC and the UFC have decided that they'd be good for each other; you've probably seen t...

Lessons: Strange things are being taught in school... Kirk Hanson, executive director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Cla...

This Is Why: ...I hate nearly all modern music. Hat tip: Chuck Z . It's like musicians forgot how to write music; and in response, the ...

What I think is funny is that the sign says it's a rare example of Italian armor, and that it has pictures etched on it of th...

Variations of Diego Ortiz's Recercada Segunda : Here are three variations on a piece written by sixteenth century Spanish musician, comp...

"We Know That You're Absolutely Correct" The lady speaks on religion and the Founding . The trick here -- the magic trick, th...

Mother's Day Poetry: So. This weekend is Mother's Day. All of you have mothers. Many of you have wives who are the mothers of you...

Viking Longspears: Via our friend Lars Walker's blog , this: Note that the shield, hung over the shoulder, is of use even if you make no...

Chopper, Part Two: Since you folks liked the first post, here's another one I liked somewhat. "Journalists! Like those two bloody ...

How many items can you spot and name?

"Chopper" Read: A commenter at BlackFive mentioned this to me: (NOT safe; language warning!) "You're f'ing spot on, D...

I made a comment a while back that the USA is actually a police state. People disagreed with me. Watch this: Still think we aren't livin...

The Greater Insurgency: There are two reasons peoples wage war on each other. The first is over what we might call matters of engineering; ...

The Anti-Constitution Faction: News today comes that the left is planning to use the President's anti-deficit commission to push for amn...

MKH on the Bomber Theories: My favorite part of this quote is not the part that everyone has been mocking -- you know, the bit about 't...

More fun from The Met:

Controlling the Narrative: Or, not. The ferocious oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is threatening President Barack Obama’s reputation for comp...

The Minstrel Boy: Those of you who follow BLACKFIVE probably noticed that I pulled a video clip from The Man Who Would Be King this weekend...

Presidential Humor: The Washington Post has a good article on the kind of jokes a President should tell , and the kind he shouldn't. G...