Monthly Archives: November 2013

This Three-Pipe Problem Needs More Bacon

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Alaska

Now this is a Sherlock Holmes medical pastiche I can get behind, as I cheerfully and with renewed confidence light up my pipe and chew on some delicious bacon, unafraid of heart attack.Lots of very intriguing things being proposed to … Continue reading →

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Ladies and Gentlemen

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Phil Kadath

Thank you very much.

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Roman Germ Theory

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Alaska

I’ve been enjoying my old professor’s The Swerve, which inter alia really drives home how little there was of ancient literature that survived to be “discovered” later. George Cochran, whose 10,000 Year Explosion with Henry Harpending is utterly fascinating and … Continue reading →

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Western Movie Symmetry: Max vs. Ringo

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Alaska

The first time I saw Gibson’s entrance (at 01:29 above) in Mad Max, I immediately thought of John Wayne’s entrance in Stagecoach all the way back in 1939 (at 00:15 of the below). They even look a bit alike….

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Have I Got a Job for You!

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Alaska

Evidently one can do this to an SKS and clear $1k. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

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Whisky-Fed Salmon

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Alaska

Those crazy Scots, it just might work! – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

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Exercizing Your Right

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Phil Kadath

He’s doing it right. Mostly. (clikken to see the scoped Mosin and all the 12ga hulls on the floor)

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Sunday Funnies

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Phil Kadath

“The Force” of coercive government And another, less family friendly one, below the fold.

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RNS Quote of the Day: 11/08/13

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Dave RNS Photographer

Remember when Nancy Pelosi told us that we had to pass it to find out what’s in it? “That’s the definition of a stool sample” according to a physician who phoned in to a radio station. Relayed to me by … Continue reading →

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Friday Fiction: The Hands of Mr. Ottermole

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Alaska

By the whim of one man with a pair of hands, the structure and tenor of their daily life were shaken, as they can always be shaken by any man contemptuous of humanity and fearless of its laws. They began … Continue reading →

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