During the spring oil changes, I swapped out the timing cover... ...and the Derby cover, since I had to remove it anyway to do the primary f...

Courtesy of the USA, of course. Their government wasn't going to loosen regulations if left to its own devices.

A pretty neat series of maps . 

There's only one more adventure related to us by Xenophon in his account of his time with the Ten Thousand -- which, by the way, is est...

We rose last night at two-thirty to go out and witness the totality of the Blood Moon eclipse . It was a clear night here in the mountains, ...

I've always believed in free speech, even very nasty speech that I personally wouldn't say or enjoy hearing. There are strong argume...

This sounds like a fun project from our friends at Grimfrost .

Their new employer Seuthes holds a welcoming banquet; he has cleverly seeded it with a man whose job is to solicit bribes from any wealthy ...

My friend “Patch” has died. He was a former member of the Outlaws MC turned Harley mechanic. His nickname arose from a missing eye, which he...

Two articles today that sort of tread the line on AVI's 'news or not' division. The first one is not really news, but a meditati...

Once the riot has been quelled and discipline restored, Xenophon tries to make peace with the governing authorities of Byzantium. They are ...

In the British Isles, sometimes the Vikings were categorized as “White Danes” or as “Black Danes.” Unlike the monks who were subjected to a ...

You almost certainly remember the stories from back in 2020 about 'defunding the police' and replacing them with social workers -- o...

We've got quite a few eggs at a time when eggs and egg prices are problems for many Americans. The high point of the collection. The rea...

The army crosses now to Byzantium . This is the same city that will one day become Constantinople, and later Istanbul. You may recall that ...

AP reports that some laid-off federal workers are disappointed to learn that their own family suspects their jobs weren't worth the fed...

There are only two weeks left in astrological winter, and so we should press on to finish our winter reading, which has now only one book le...

The prevailing metaphor for Act Blue this week has been rats leaving a sinking ship, but the headlong flight more closely resembles people ...