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DSLR Video – “Higher Calibre, Higher Mindedness: The Story of YoGun” 23 Aug 2013 | 07:35 pm
So last weekend Melissa and I went to the Knoxville 24 Hour Film Festival. The idea was for teams to shoot a four minute in 24 hours. The required elements were: A bounty hunter. A large body of wat...
Dr. Sanjay Gupta Wants to Legalize It 23 Aug 2013 | 04:39 pm
CNN – Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Why I changed my mind on weed In 1944, New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia commissioned research to be performed by the New York Academy of Science. Among their conclusions: the...
This is Your Train on Drugs, UK and Detroit Editions 19 Aug 2013 | 04:31 pm
High speed rail scheme cost to double to £80bn, economists warn: HS1, the high-speed rail line that connects the Channel Tunnel with London, was initially expected to cost £1billion. The final bill w...
Good and Evil, and Commerce and Capitalism as a Way to Cure Poverty 15 Aug 2013 | 08:03 am
“In fact, Bono, C. S. Lewis has a great quote which I love: ‘When a man is getting better, he understands more and more clearly the evil that’s left in him. When a man is getting worse, he understands...
Word of the Day – Predicate 15 Aug 2013 | 05:11 am
My fourth grader asked me for help with her English homework, which was all about predicates. I had completely forgotten the difference between objects and predicates and had to look it up. The lesson...
Still Alive and I Have a Job No Less 7 Aug 2013 | 08:46 am
No posts lately because I’ve been busy at a new full time gig, which I like a bunch. I needed a job and they needed me badly. ‘Nuff said. Meanwhile, I’m putting out the videos I’ve been working on fo...
“Kids and dogs: If you’re having a baby, do not get a puppy.” 31 Jul 2013 | 04:37 am
The One Thing No One Tells You Before You Have Kids – Don’t get a dog. People in comments are raking her over the coals for dissin’ the dog. I don’t think her problems were caused by the dog. Read be...
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy 19 Jul 2013 | 04:37 am
Trying to pay for stuff you can’t afford will do that to you: It’s the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, dwarfing Jefferson County, Ala.’s $3.1 billion sewage district restructuring. In ...
Consensus Changes on Salt 15 Jul 2013 | 05:04 pm
CDC says Americans still consume too much, but studies show no benefit in reducing salt Richard Feynman said that one of the advantages of the scientific method has over religion is that science has ...
I had wondered what was going on in the peak oil world 13 Jul 2013 | 08:02 am
Oil and gas production in North America is booming and we’re past the usual estimates for peak oil. Now it turns out that one of the peak oil advocacy sites is shutting down. I had wondered what was ...
