In the comments to one of Tex's posts, I mentioned having dinner last night with an older gentleman who had been in Iraq as a British so...

Minor excitement in my neighborhood this morning as a fellow who was either off the right meds or on the wrong ones gave several people the ...

A friend's father died a few days ago.  It was not a tragic death; he was very old, had been miserably ill for years, and badly missed h...

As most of you know, Grim's Hall has been without television since 2006 -- originally as a cost-saving measure, and later because we fou...

A collection of weird architecture.  Most of these are great. Not crazy about the hotel in Dubai. Two are by Gaudi, just about my favorit...

If you've ever raised chickens, you know how long the eggs stay fresh in their shells even without refrigeration.  Some clever people ar...

I'm amazed Grim hasn't posted about this yet. Update : Hey, c'mon! No one likes this story? It's got it all: damsel i...

A few places, really .

In his ongoing quest to give migraines to Cassandra, James Taranto has written again about women and the workplace . His argument isn't...

The very issue that I had wanted to discuss, in Lars Walker's Hailstone Mountain , is on display today in TIME Magazine . It's an ...

From Jim Geraghty : From the Daily Caller : The bill Rubio has been pushing isn't as bad as you might have expected. For one ...

Maybe the greatest morale boost these two ever got. Update : I forgot to credit Bookworm Room .

Like several of you, I have purchased Lars Walker's newest work, Hailstone Mountain . I finally had time to finish reading it last ni...

A commentary on the recent funeral of Baroness Thatcher mentioned that the presiding priest had given an excellent address at the royal wedd...

From the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica I'm working on now at Project Gutenberg (we're up to the S's!): SAFES, STRONG-ROOMS AND...

We don't need the ladies cryin' 'cause the story's sad.

I hope this isn't going to interfere with Al Gore's retirement planning.

The "Les Mis" flash mob gag has spread so wide you can find dozens of YouTube examples.  They don't always have great voices, ...

Those of you who've had quite enough shape-note music from me lately ought not to click on this one. Just so everyone will know, I...