Laundry: Proper Care And Maintenance

A word to the wise: Mentholated lip balm, while soothing for sore, chapped lips, makes a very poor laundry ingredient, often leading to unsightly wax marks adorning previously-thought clean garments. The addition of lip balm to your regular laundry cycle…

They’re Baaa-aaack!

The termites, that is. Seems as if the exterminators called out last year took care of the perimeter defenses, but failed to check one of the interior walls. We had a nice little swarm of the suckers hopping all around…

Name That Pattern

What do “Smoky, Honey, Body, Sweetness, Medicinal, Tobacco, Spicy, Winey, Nutty, Malty, Fruity and Floral” have to do with each other? Are they newly-incorporated Disney dwarfs? Exotic dancers? Proposed hurricane names? Nope. They’re the newly-certified “12 tastes of whisky”, meaning…

Cinema As Image Rehab

James Pinkerton penned an interesting piece positing that Mission: Impossible 3 is as much an image rehab attempt by Tom Cruise as it is the kickoff film for this summer’s blockbuster season. To wit: EXTERIOR: LOS ANGELES MALE VOICE IN…

I Think Hank Hill Would Approve

I was browsing the Tippmann paintballing site, looking for some information on a 98 Custom when I noticed their new pump-action: the C-3 with PEP™ Technology. “PEP?” I says to myself. “What in the heck is that?” Turns out it…

Wildy Divergent Top Tens

Need something to read today? Why not peruse the Guardian’s Top 10 SciFi Movies of All Time. Better yet, why not check out the Top 10 Weirdest, Creepiest, Freakiest Children’s TV Shows?

Bah, Says I

Apologies for the lack of posting – my primary workstation up n’ died on me today. I’m limping along on my ‘Doze box for the moment, hopefully soon to requisition a new machine. To make up for the absence of…

Run For It, Marty!

“Image of the day”, indeed! Check out the humorous photographic evidence of a fire suppression test gone horribly awry at Ellsworth Air Force Base. Witness what happens when a scheduled 15 second burst of fire-retardant foam takes more than 20…