I just posted that song by the Barnyard Stompers because it's my favorite one that they do, but as I was reflecting on it today I reali...

One rarely encounters anything close to true justice in the world; one never meets any Platonic form in the street, but Justice in particula...

That's the Outlaw country / metal band known as the Barnyard Stompers. If any of you like that and are inclined to the highway, they...

Or, why black Republicans ' ain't '... er, acceptable .  How can we distinguish between the different types of Black Republicans...

It's hard to realize how bad things have gotten outside of the wilderness in which I have fastened myself. I used to go to this part of ...

At least they picked a pretty place to get lost. This morning was spent rescuing some hikers from the Panthertown wilderness. There is not a...

The Fire Dog was worn out by all the children.  Jack .   

Jerry Lee Lewis , wildest of pianists and rockabilly lord, died this week after a false report earlier in the week. He was recently inducted...

The Biden administration put out a National Security Strategy last year; the Office of the Secretary of Defense has now put out its companio...

Professor Emeritus Ann Sheffield begins with the Saga of Olav Tryggvason . It's about twenty minutes for those of you who, like me, enjo...

Definitely a confirmation bias issue here, but this does fit my experience of the people I have personally known who  partake in this stuff ...

One of these is me, Christmas 2008. One of the others in the photo, a good friend of mine, sent it to me today. I must have been just back f...

The Washington Post has an exposé today on exploitation of female bodybuilders . Because of the well-known differential in average male and ...

 

Do yellow jackets get drunk? A social experiment: UPDATE: Apparently. This one’s definitely not walking straight anymore, and I’ve had to fi...

 

Thomas Doubting happened across a Scottish Highland Games somewhere or other -- he'll have to tell you the story -- and sent me some pho...

I  mentioned Nimrod here just this week, but apparently not that many people knew  the Biblical figure and the meaning got transformed.