View From The Porch

...care is taken to point out that the diamonds glued to an anonymous human skull are " ethically sourced ". A: " Who's ...

They say that J. Paul Getty knew it was time to get out of the market when his shoe-shine boy started giving him stock tips. I should have k...

In effect, Bush's scheduled speech this morning acknowledges the fact that there is a segment of the populace holding a figurative hosta...

On this day in 1965, mothers turned their children's eyes from the sky as the first Super Guppy waddled aloft.

One of my most beloved tee shirts has the little stick figure guy from the old Volkswagen ads staggering around with a mug in each hand bene...

I have never read Terry Pratchett. I just started Monstrous Regiment . Pretty droll thus far.

That's like a hundred in people years! Congrats to SayUncle on five years of righteous bloggery .

As the opening maneuvers of the Great War got underway, Imperial Russia launched what was intended to be a decisive blow at the German holdi...

Since all the likely suspects read this space, does one of y'all have my copy of The American Zone ? kthx!

We've had a lot of fun with the recent study claiming that there were 90 guns for every 100 Americans . Now let's point out the trut...

Joe of Joe's Crabby Shack has a request: The Republican YouTube debate is coming up soon and two of my most favorite people have submitt...

In comments to a Larry Craig post at Varifrank , Clayton E. Cramer wrote: " He's my senator, and it hurts to see a strong defender ...

Lately there has been an odd fad going on in the history section at bookstores. It started with histories of inanimate objects. Tea: A Histo...

In order to stave off the owie, empty, hurty feeling in my tummy, I am offering for sale one very slightly used AR optic. To wit, my Leupold...

According to that report from the pinkos in Geneva, I'm carrying the load for 118 people . Between me and a half dozen friends, we'r...

Lots of people have little wish lists of stuff they're looking for for their guns. A scope for a Marlin .30-30. Some nice grips for thei...

There's an interesting discussion running over at Oleg's LiveJournal regarding felons and rights. Most folks have a knee-jerk posit...

...and Matt : Forces of evil on a bozo nightmare Ban all the music with a phony gas chamber ’cuz one’s got a weasel and the other’s got a f...

A recent banner ad I saw touted the back-to-school savings in the Junior's department at Target. The girl in the photo was entirely too ...

1) Yes, my Frommer will feed a Winchester Silvertip from the magazine. 2) Yes, my Frommer will ignite the primer on a Winchester Silvertip. ...