Raconteur Report

Last road trip I prudently rented a spiffy little car. What I saved on gas paid for the entire rental. Liked the car a lot...

This one's dedicated to  Phil and Angus , who can probably relate. As legend and lore have it, no DIY project can be co...

h/t Kenny Over at Knuckledraggin My Life Away, the host posted the above hospital bill, without comment other th...

h/t  WRSA and Captain's Journal So, comes out the info-tidbit that a helicopter, falsely "squawking" the transponder cod...

In my favorite chapter of one of my all-time favorite books , science and technology historian James Burke illuminates the pivotal epoch...

Reference  this thread at WRSA, based on  these   two from MDT. What some folks think of as trivial arcana, whether we're talking...

Based on averages, one of you today will be this blog's millionth viewer. Since I have no idea who that will be, consider the brag...

Another h/t to Solomon over at SNAFU from Oracles Of Norway Tumblr Your body is an incredibly bizarre machine. “What you see is a ...

For the first time in two decades, I got the holidays off for personal vacation. (Seniority, or the gods of random fortune, thank you). ...

In the course of some forum debates on the nature of things, and what our choices are: What do  I think about government? Government is ...

Just about every week over on TSLRF  , Ryan will pose the question "What Did you Do To Prepare This Week?" This is this week...

I don't know how other people blog, I only know how I do it. Before anything else, I have to want to say something. Thirteen weeks at ...

So, I told you that last story to tell you this one. After receiving, at taxpayer expense, surgery to correct the problem that almost cost...