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I don't know why I'm unburdening myself here, except that it's somehow a little easier to do it to the imaginary people in my co...

I would like to see a Venn diagram of the following sets of people: Those who say that rape and other crimes of violence aren't usuall...

So, some kids in the tony suburb of Fishers called their parents yesterday and told them that a man had pulled up to their bus stop and ask...

A woman calls her brother when she hears someone attempting to force entry into her house in the middle of the night. Her brother shows up a...

No, seriously, vote "NO" on Justice Steven H. David . This is your best and only chance to fire a man who publicly pissed all ove...

RX: "You know that it is going to rain tonight and you have books on the basement floor..." Me: " Yes. Believe it or not...

So, as we all know, the remake of Red Dawn was to feature a Chinese invasion of the American mainland, until certain people in Beijing coug...

...except I would solder the button so you couldn't push it. See more on Know Your Meme

Vobis non me dux , baby.

So, by now everybody has probably heard about the incompetent TSA clowns letting the woman on the airplane with her loaded Ruger Elsie Pee, ...

From Aesop's Tables today... Suddenly I craved baklava, and I had no idea why. .

Kilted To Kick Cancer: I have been remiss in blogging about this. If you have not yet donated, there is still time . (Edited To Add: Thank ...

Somewhere near the local Target there must be a singularity, because there are some weird time-dilation effects going on... Mind you, we...

The useless probulators of the TSA keep insisting that they are a vital law enforcement cog in the well-oiled machine that keeps America...

Attention fellow Hoosiers: Don't forget that you have a chance to vote "NO" on the question of whether Justice Steven H. Davi...

Also from the Spanish-American War section, what appears to be a rifle-caliber Nordenfelt gun. While it would look sporty in the fighting ...

This brave Hoosier corporal is going to be one sad panda when he caps off the single shot in his floptop Springfield, since his cartridge ...

Seen in the parking lot of a Home Despot in Knoxville earlier this week, an Austin-Healey 3000: The 3000, named for its 3-liter six bange...

...and then we have the longarms of the Allied Powers! Up first is a Spanish M1893 Mauser, which is cool and all, except that Spain did...

When Bobbi and I went to the Indiana World War Memorial , the trip through the museum in the basement was alternately fascinating and frustr...