how to move a book store ( in culture, writing, books )

Cool! Human-chain-helps-British-book-store-move-down-the-street ... read more

mucho macho man grooves to his song ( in culture, sports, horseracing )

Breeder's Cup Classic winner Mucho Macho Man grooves to his song. It was apparently removed (probably due to copyright issues), but here's the horse winning that race, and the Village People singing that song, anyway! UPDATE: 2013 Breeders' Cup Classic - Mu ... read more

novels/novellas ( in culture, writing, books, novels )

Did I mention I've written a few novels/novellas? Another Way: Beyond the Status Quo A politically-incorrect manifesto. Anti-corporate crusader Dobie Pokorny wants to save the world. His old boss, Colonel Charonne, wants to stop him. On his truth tour, Dobie m ... read more

operation detour ( in culture, writing, books, novels )

Riva, a beautiful young black ops agent on her first assignment, tries to turn Alex into her own asset just to prove she can. When he loses both his job and his girlfriend, she thinks he's putty in her hands. When he decides to go out with a bang, she' ... read more

now it (nfl) gets good ( in culture, sports )

The post-season is better than the regular season in any sport, and the NFL is no different. Check out this page and you will see the match-ups for this coming weekend (Jan. 9/10, 2021). I predict two out of three home teams (Buffalo Bills and Seattle Seahawks ... read more

science ( in education, science )

All science-related posts Unscientific cosmogony: Gravity, quantum physicsInnovation News DailySchoolboy solves 350-year-old math problem - debunkedGood article on 9/11We should have listened to TeslaFrom Minnie to Mickey (and all they did was turn off a gene)H ... read more

something to ponder ( in education, history )

Railroad tracks The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because that's the way they built them in England, and English expatriates designed the US railr ... read more

spelling and grammar online ( in education, language, grammar, internet )

When is that spelling and grammar checking feature coming to Facebook, Instagram, etc.? Oh right, they probably don't want to insult 90% of their users. Never mind. It's not that my own (or anyone's) grammar and punctuation are flawless (because t ... read more

leaderless resistance ( in education, news, politics )

via Leaderless Resistance - Nationalist Coalition Blog. ... there will, no doubt, be mentally handicapped people out there who, while standing at a podium with an American flag draped in the background, and a lone eagle soaring in the sky above, will state emphat ... read more

our thoughts ( in education, research, religion )

All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make our world. -- Buddha ... read more

what a day! ( in family, adoption, holmes )

Where to begin... The original plan was for us to go to the Minister of Education and submit our dossier and then formally receive our referral. What really happened:Galina called the ministry this morning only to find out that they were closed in the morning sup ... read more

just another week to go ( in family, adoption, holmes )

... maybe less! That cheers me up. That's assuming everything goes as planned ... and it WILL. I believe in positive thinking (when I'm desperate, anyway, because it leads to positive actions, which lead to positive results, or at least your chances are be ... read more

holmes family newsletter vol 4 no 8 ( in family, holmes, newsletter )

The Leaping Lizard Vol. 4, No. 8, October 20, 1992 EDITOR'S NOTE ... After Grandma's recent birthday party (see article below), this newsletter was swamped with requests from people wanting to be added to our mailing list. (Someone had apparently smugg ... read more

our adoption story ( in family, adoption, holmes )

My wife Tara has written up our adoption story in response to that woman (living not too far from here, unfortunately) who returned that boy to Russia a couple weeks ago.Here's the local link (ourrussianadoptionstory), and here's the original link (Tara's Fav ... read more

travel day ( in family, adoption, holmes )

We fly out today. It would've been nice to have gotten one last good night's sleep, but the cat made sure that didn't happen. Stupid cat. Anyone want one? Seriously. She's very pretty; and sweet when she's not keeping you from sleeping. I'l ... read more

some non-organic foods contain upwards of 180 times fluoride level of tap water ( in life, health, food )

via Some non-organic foods contain upwards of 180 times the fluoride level of tap water, says expert. ... the average person's cumulative exposure to fluoride from food, beverages, personal care products, and water is up to seven times the recommended maximum ... read more

denied again ( in life, health, insurance )

This is the second denial in as many days. Yesterday it was the life insurance company. Today, I got one of those job application denial emails: Thank you for your interest in our recent opening. We have had a chance to review your resume ... Unfortunately, ... read more

nyc restaurants to ban cuomo from dining ( in life, health, food, politics )

Serves him right! No pun intended. via Cuomo banned Struggling restaurant owners city-wide are permanently banning New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo from setting foot into their establishments. Effective immediately... ... read more

chlorine dioxide breaks down glyphosate in body (allegedly) ( in life, health )

via autism-treated-with-chlorine-dioxide I should say something about bleach, as a number of critics insist MMS (chlorine dioxide) is a bleach and, thus, a poison. Chlorine dioxide, the chemical that is MMS, has never been used domestically as a bleach for cleani ... read more

laid off ( in life, money, employment )

It's been almost three weeks now, and I'm finally able to talk/blog about my layoff. After the merger and corporate restructuring at work, it was finally my turn to have my position eliminated. I instinctively felt it coming. In fact, I couldn't slee ... read more