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I’m don’t typically buy Buck knives but reading what they’re doing for returning troops I think it is time I take another look at their offerings. And kudos to the Navy for getting themselves squared away on the matter.

This type of thing seems to be becoming more and more common, someone lists someone else’s house as open to public picking over and an innocent man gets his property ransacked. How do you stop things like this? First, throw anyone who participates in jail. Second, disallow any such ads or require the owner […]

I believe I mentioned last month that the housing bust would turn around fairly quickly as prices fall and bargain hunters get into gear and it looks like it is already happening as sales of existing homes rise in February.
I had noticed a number of houses in my area which had been for sale for […]

Want further evidence that our budding “surveillance society” is not proof against criminals? How about the 200 surveillance cameras that failed to stop a rape suspect…
Surveillance has its place and its uses but it is not a substitute for a .38 in your pocket.

In December my wife’s 03 Grand Prix GT went out of warranty. I’ve recounted some of the problems here, probably not all. But final nail in the coffin, though, came this week.
A leak in the horribly engineered fresh air intake allows water to flow off the windshield, through the venting and fill up the passenger […]

A couple of weeks ago we received our new bed frame and got it all setup. The new frame is a platform with drawers under it and perfect for our tiny house as we’re always needing storage. Amusingly of the 6 drawers only a couple have anything in them two weeks later, but that’s another […]

Having flown one time on Midwest and being horribly dissatisified I find it ironic that they’re moving to sell their cookie dough which is such an important component in getting their dang flights off the ground on time. In the past decade I’ve flown Southwest, Delta Connection and the old Indianapolis based ATA and […]

I don’t spend much time listening to music whether corporate or independents but every now and then I’ll find something I like and River County happens to be one of them. I especially like the song We’re All Here (Because we ain’t all there) but enjoyed the all 3 of the selections on their […]

While Detroit may be leading the country in foreclosures they’re also leading the country in sales as well. Some may ridicule the bargain hunter view of the “housing bubble burst” but it appears buyers in Detroit are taking that view quite seriously. People forget that such markets while feeling short term pain are largely self […]

If you’re buying candy for your significant other you might want to check out this story about stores selling Valentine’s candy from 2007 or even before. Now I’ve eaten stale chocolate and the only thing worse than stale chocolate is no chocolate. But when they unwrapped a Big Kiss and it had worms in […]

Are you a multitasker? Then you need to read The Autumn of the Multitaskers…

Just one of hte many diseases once considered gone in the United States, thanks to the lack of control at our borders there is now a Leprosy outbreak in Northwest Arkansas. Add to that recently increasing incidents of tuberculosis and parasites… OH but to stop illegal immigration would be racist!

So this guy has 11 kids and circumcised his newest at home and the police threw him in jail for child abuse. Even the neighbors have proven to be total idiots:
“Sick, he’s got a sick mind,” a former neighbor said. “Anybody that would do that to their children — there’s something really wrong with […]

I’m not into the Rock scene so hadn’t ever seen this guy… Wolf Van Halen… Scary family resemblance…

‘La Raza’
blames the messenger. I doubt it ever occurred to them that there are several factors that have heightened the awareness of Americans - lack of summer jobs for teens, lack of inner city entry level jobs, bidding against competitors hiring illegally, rampant gang activity in closed mouthed Hispanic communities and the crime that comes […]

I’ve been reading these stories long enough there should be no remaining rain forests today. They must be growing new ones somewhere or something. Or, heaven forbid, be wrong in their projections….

I know when I’ve had a hard day a bag of Doritos or a Klondike bar really makes things better. And now there is research as to why. I wonder how long before someone like Frito-Lay or Doritos adds “Relieves Stress” to their label….

An interesting read, Why Ethanol Production Will Drive World Food Prices Even Higher in 2008.
Oil producing countries could produce more oil so the price goes down. As gasoline drops the amount of grain being diverted to ethanol will go down as ethanol becomes less economically viable. Then the cost of grain will follow.
Could […]

The story of two kids sticking their tongues to flag poles is funny enough but what really got me laughing was one of the comments posted to the story:
I’m confused. How did this happen with global warming? I mean, the flagpole shoulda oughta been under 23 feet of water by now with the ice caps […]

I find this little prefab house interesting partly because of the 70’s decor. But also as a counter to the current bigger is better mode that has had a huge part in driving the current real estate problem. Now I’m not typically one to talk about what people “need” and I won’t where it […]

If you grill you need to check out Exploding Unicorn’s License to Grill. Bonus if you’ve ever lived in an apartment complex with insane rules. The article is also proof that when such rules get stupid people get creative. Though most of the creativity here is literary..
I’m not a master chef, but I […]

Just in case you’re looking forward to seeing the new Lucas Oil Stadium there are some great pics of it underway over on the Pacers Digest forum. The place looks massive!

So they’ve finally admitting what every WalMart shopper knows, the inflation rate has been heading up for quite awhile. Naturally the fingers point to fuel which, along with bio-fuel demands on grain, is one of the driving factors pushing food costs higher not only in the United States but globally.
But here is something that makes […]

To the Smurfs, the origin of the blue chosen when the UN decided they needed better targets, er, hats for their heads.

I have to wonder if these mysterious counterfeit $100 bills have anything to do wtih the rapid devaluation of US currency over the last 18 months. There were certainly concerns about press technology given to Iran many years ago..?