The internet is a fascinating place and it never ceases to amaze me what people will take the time to make available online. A great example is the 1982 Sears Christmas Catalog someone upped to Flickr. I even found my microscope, SLR camera and slot car track! Thanks for the memories! This particular Flickr user [...]
The UN is welcoming everyone to the Climate meeting in Bali. Unless you’re a skeptic (journalist) at which point you will be denied entrance. I guess this is what they mean when they say the ‘debate is over’, eh?
Stories like this just warm my heart…
I firmly believe someone who commits acts of violence is responsible for those actions no matter their “environment” but when we start talking about kids it gets a bit murkier. While gamers and Hollywood deny their “media” does not induce, cause or lead to violence the escalation of youth violence over the past decade warrants [...]
I like Dick Cheney and have since he called a spade a spade in the Glock debate of the late 80′s when the movement was afoot do ban these “dangerous guns invisible to x-ray and metal detectors”. And when it comes to the real conservatives who are sticking it out in the Republican party I [...]
I cannot express how much I like the open office spaces concept of office organization and seating. Having worked in both environs the benefits of an open office far outweigh the pros of individual offices, even at a board room level. The first time I read of this was in Michael Bloombergs autobiography many years [...]
It is no surprise to me that Gallup is reporting significant drops in support for Clinton & Giuliani. It’s really easy to understand why if you look at the facts of these two supposedly opposing candidates. They don’t have opposing platforms! Though they’re currently siding with different parties the politics of the two are largely [...]
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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