Category Archives: Life in the Atomic Age

Let me explain

Yes, I know it is my third day of posting funny pictures and that the blogging has gotten really light as of late. My excuse is that I am so damn busy welding, a mortal man would cry. Last week … Continue reading

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We should be able to get these numbers up

This is a pathetic showing One in four Americans want their state to secede from the U.S., but why? I’m not really happy with the way they split up the map, especially the Texas +3 “Southwest” split, but I didn’t … Continue reading

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The Good News

In the continuing saga of the table the brown shipping company destroyed, this week, after taking care of some business, I completed the rebuilding of said table. Since Daniel has been Customer of the Year, when he asked if he … Continue reading

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Both Hand and Dandy

A guide to your state’s inflation. How much will $100 buy in your state?

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Hooray?

So, I got the job. And then I didn’t. And then I did, kind of. The basics are that I was told by the Personnel Manager that if I could pass their welding test, I should consider myself hired. I … Continue reading

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Lighter Fare

I had multiple entire posts worth of links, but have decided that there is little-to-nothing I can say that hasn’t been said about Ferguson, MO, or the phony-baloney indictment against Governor Rick Perry. The “gentle giant” Michael Brown is turning … Continue reading

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The next step in government control

Of your medical needs A doctor’s perspective on Obamacare plans On a recent afternoon at his office in Hartford, Conn., Dr. Doug Gerard examines a patient complaining of joint pain. Gerard, an internist, checks her out, asks her a few questions … Continue reading

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And so it begins

Need a dozen of a specific nut or bolt? How about a 12-point 28MM socket? No need to take a trip to the local hardware store because you went there a month ago and bought yourself a 3-D printer. The … Continue reading

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In aviation news

Japan is not allowed an Air Force, per both the treaty they signed at the end of WWII and via their own constitution. But an army of flying drones doesn’t count as an air force, does it? How Japan Fell … Continue reading

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The future is here

And I like it. So much so that I probably won’t sleep much tonight now that I’ve found it and keep thinking of multiple applications to use it for. No crankshaft, no problem: Toyota’s free piston engine is brilliant Let’s … Continue reading

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