This weekend brought me to Charlotte.  Their website is ten years out of date, apparently, and it’s much too uptown to be a Viking bar. The ...

 Today is also National Beer Day . I guess it is only fitting that I post some appropriate music for this important holiday. 

  W.A.S.P. was one of the more outrageous heavy metal acts of the '80s. In fact, the PMRC listed one of their songs amongst the "Fi...

Todays date was chosen for National Tartan Day because it was the date of the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath in the year of our Lor...

There have been several tartans designed for firefighters, mostly for pipe and drum bands associated with fire departments. Sadly, their dut...

The weaving of plaid is prehistoric in Scotland and Ireland, apparently following patterns that were specific to localities only because pa...

It's National Tartan Day, the annual celebration of Scottish heritage. Many states have registered district tartans that residents can w...

I met this gentleman, whose name is Jim, along with his daughter Dakota and his granddaughter (who is 7 and introduced me to her puppy). The...

It is an honor to once again join this august group of bloggers. To commemorate this auspicious event, I would like to introduce you to a fa...

The NC legislature will now be able to override vetos from our rotten governor whenever they want . 

The Sword  is one of my favorite bands, founded on a retro style that looks back to 1982's  Conan the Barbarian  and its inspirations in...

This appears to be  a clear violation of Federal law, if the facts as presented in the article hold up on examination. It's 'for a g...

In a review of "Prince" Harry's autobiography -- I assume he at least participated in editing it -- Dominic Green identifies t...

Another big wildfire yesterday during the heavy winds we were warned about in the weather report. That's two in a week. It was down on o...

Having mostly learned the history of WW II from the American perspective of the expected final victory, movies like April 9th , about Danish...

We had a wildfire up Caney Fork about five miles yesterday, one of several fires in the area. All the resources were tied up so we only got ...

Mike Lindell Draws Sword, Cuts Off Ear Of Officer Attempting To Arrest Trump In other news: Media Calls For Moment Of Silence For Shooter Wh...

We've talked about the issue of strength sports and trans* issues before. In general powerlifting and Strongman divides between those wh...

The governor of this state is an impediment to every good thing, but he is standing aside from this law because it passed with veto-proof ma...