On the first reports of Irene growing from a tropical storm to “up to” a class 3 hurricane I said to myself this is going to be yet one more opportunity for the media to hype up a non-hurricane since the doomsayers forecast of bigger, stronger and more dangerous hurricanes due to man made global [...]
One of the most respected scientific entities in the world has determined that (shock!) climate change is caused by the sun. Naturally the media has rushed to get this story out before we damage our economy further chasing man made global warming… not. In reality the story is not being covered.
Its not like I need yet another reason to never willingly set foot in Illinois but here it is anyway.
Apparently there is a new phone scam going around. I just received a call from a woman who knew all my information (name, address, etc). She said she was from IT Support something or other (Indian accent but understandable) and was calling to give my PC or laptop an “offline checkup” because their systems were [...]
I just love the OMG! OMG! OMG! hand wringing sensationalism of this pathetic headline Proposed Law Would Allow Motorcyclists To Run Some Red Lights. It’s like the coming traffic armagedden or something when in fact its such a trivial thing that is already law in a lot of states. But then routine and common sense doesn’t make the [...]
In a world of uncertainty it is great that some things are constant. Too bad the recent reinforcement is that some animals are still more equal than others. The whole thing also begs the question of, like with Fast and the Furious driving a push for gun control, are TSA’s outrageous actions specifically to make ‘trusted traveler’ more [...]
As of today my Honda VTX 1800 R is 4 years and 73,000 miles mine. As the song goes, “and many more!” So I guess it’s fitting that the previous 2 weeks were spent running up as many miles as possible running around not only Indiana but Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina and Georgia…
Fact most certainly stranger than fiction. Witness today’s 5 dead nuclear scientists story reads like an excerpt from a Clancy novel.
If you think it’s entirely the parents fault that children (and some of the aforementioned parents) have an entitlement attitude you’d be right. But after the whole Wisconsin thing and now Florida Teachers union suing over 3% contributions to their own pension you have to wonder how much of the attitude is taught in our public [...]
You know the news is full of stupidity daily but draining eight million gallons of water from a reservoir because a man urinated in it almost tops the list. What does top the list is the quote from the idiot running said reservoir: “There are people who will say it’s an over reaction. I don’t [...]
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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