It appears the Venezuelan Voters are proving the axiom that a democracy only lasts as long as it takes for the have-not’s to realize they can vote to take what they want from those who have. Yet another grim reminder of the raw nature of humans.
Bored? No, I mean really bored? Check out the Amazon customer reviews for Tuscan Whole Milk, 1 Gallon, 128 fl oz. All 872 reviews…. But don’t drink any of Tuscan Whole Milk while reading the reviews unless you like it squirting out your nose.
I have had this open to post for a couple of weeks; interestingly enough our boys in the sandbox have found that the silly toy Silly String has some real urban combat uses. Specifically they spray it across choke points during close quarters battle to indicate trip wires commonly used by the enemy to trigger [...]
You don’t have to think to hard to come up with an entire list of sitcom’s that make men look like idiots no matter how well intentioned. The women run the sitcom world and there’s nothing the men can do to fix it. This isn’t new… but it is escalating in recent years so I [...]
When I bought the motorcycle at the end of September I figured I’d have a few weeks to ride and then it’d get stored for the winter. Probably by Halloween. But Indiana weather can be amazingly unpredictable. As a matter of fact in 1984 there were many riding days, though few Decembers have been like [...]
I admit I never liked James Baker whether he was working for Reagan or Bush Sr. and I don’t like him as a Bush Jr. lacky either. So when you read about the panel on Iraq lead by James Baker it’s easy to see why, if you know me or read this site much, I [...]
If you’re foreign looking and openly Muslim it might be a good idea to go ahead and let the truck driving school teach you how to backup the truck rather than claim you won’t need it. I’d like to say such stupidity is why we’ll win but stupidity is problematic on both sides of the [...]
Someone with too much time on their hands came up with an intersting little test to see how honest or dishonest people are by age, gender and race. I’ll tag this one under “Science” since I don’t to add “Bored” as a post category at this time.
Those following global warming know the most contentious point in the whole debate is Man’s own role in it. I’m on the side of any warming being naturally occurring as warming and cooling cycles through 6 centuries are fairly well documented and as of today it looks as though even the UN may be coming [...]
Let those who bash President Bush on the wiretapping stuff explain their wonder boy’s actions in spying on Princess Diana. Of course it was probably prurient on the part of the Boy President it’s private and none of our business, right?
Pointman is a Hoosier who works in the IT industry, is an amateur photographer an avid motorcycle rider, shooter and firearms collector.
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The masthead graphic "Road to Oakalla" was taken during a motorcycle ride to the Oakalla covered bridge on 23 May, 2007 with a Canon A85 digital camera (F5.6, 1/125 sec exposure). Additional images from the visit are in the Oakalla bridge gallery.
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