We band of Brothers.

I can't believe I almost let St. Crispin's day go by without a Branagh shout out.

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"Man stranded in desert builds motorcycle out of his broken car."

McGyver lives.

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... so I went off to cruise Mr. Internet for something fun. Boy, howdy, did I find it. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Muppet's Beaker singing Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" and accompanied by, well, more Beakers. I challenge you to watch this and not be in a better mood afterward.

Oh, and be sure you stick around for Statler and Waldorf :)

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"The basic principle could not be simpler: as Milton Friedman so often put it, no one spends someone else’s money as carefully as he spends his own. That applies in spades to government. . . . That’s one reason we should turn to government not as a first but as a last resort. You don’t like being abused as a taxpayer? Then don’t vote for the party ( Read more... )

All bureaucrats are bastards, but these bastards are bastards.

Not only were we denied the use of the food for any purpose, to ensure that it truly was unfit for feed of any kind we were again threatened with police action if we did not only throw the food in the trash, but then to add insult to injury, we were ordered to pour bleach on it. Now ( Read more... )

The problem isn’t just with the long-gun registry. The data provided above cover all guns, including handguns. There is no evidence that, since the handgun registry was started in 1934, it has been important in solving a single homicide.

So, if there's no real crime reduction reason for registering guns, then why would the government possibly ( Read more... )

Shouldn't we be on Mars by now?

"Some retirees were in wheelchairs, while others used walkers or canes. Most walked, some more surely than others. But they all beamed with pride as they took pictures of the abandoned pad and of each other, and went into the blockhouse to see the old Mercury photos on display and to reminisce."
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I just received an email from Groupon offering seventy eight percent off on fencing lessons. Not a bad deal, actually, except for the fact that we'd have to drive to West LA to take them. The point, though is how amused I was at the description Groupon gives for the activity ( Read more... )

Rest in peace, Etta James - one of the most extraordinary voices to ever record a song. She'll be missed.

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