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    Incident Log

    Here’s a really cool implementation of Google Maps: incidentlog.com Some examples: Recent incidents in Los Angeles Bizarre incidents (“Assault with a yoyo” is a classic) Sex offenders in the state…

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    You say tomato…

    The most confusing terminology discussion I’ve ever read to the very end (because it has to do with food, of course!): If an English biscuit is an American cookie, what…

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    Pugalicious

    Damn I posted a lot today. But there’s a link a reader sent me that made me laugh out loud: Go forth Uh-oh, that’s the second pug link in a…

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    AOL – Brilliant Strategists

    Anybody want a shit sandwich? Are you sure? After all, it’s free! It’s hard convincing those living in the shit-matrix that there is a better world outside. Believe me, I…

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    Whitman

    “We’re all capable of terrible acts, and we’re all capable of greatness. It’s a question of which angels we’re listening to, I suppose.” On August 1, 1966, CHARLES WHITMAN climbed…

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    On Jellies and Fireweed

    This is depressing as all hell, but is also a must-read: A Primeval Tide of Toxins We are human; of course we all know how this is going to turn…

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    Boots on the Ground

    This account of the Battle of Panjawai written in an e-mail by a Canadian Light Armored Vehicle commander is a must-read: LINK It’s hard to remember all the wars going…

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    Crystal Cove

    Just some quick news from back home: Crystal Cove State Park has reopened! Crystal Cove is one of my favorite places back home. It’s been a long decade plus away,…

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    Red October

    Could it be said that these photos of an underground Russian submarine base are the pinnacle of glasnost? Or am I just being nekulturny? And now that I’ve expended my…

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    Google Ads Blocker Detector

    This is a great way to greet new users to your site: Gee, I wasn’t aware that Google Ads pay per pageview. Dumbshits. Also, FUCK ADS! (this rant brought to…

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    Eating the Gift of the Magi

    I can’t say much about the Hongshuai Soy Sauce scheme involving production of “soy sauce” from human hair and medical waste, except that the perpetrators should be force fed their…