.. . . I present to you the Solar Death Ray. My God, think of the havoc someone like Pat could wreak with something like this....

This is just too fracking funny. A fire-retardant foam test at Ellsworth AFB that was supposed to run for 15 seconds instead went for several minutes and...

Albert Hoffman, the creator of LSD, will be 100 years old next week. He said some interesting things in this NY Times article, which seems to be available for...

Pat - this one's right up your alley! :-) http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2007/03/moscow-futuristic-concepts-from- 1900.html -- You can run on for...

So, Pat, I guess this confirms your impressions of steamy aliens on Star Trek, doesn't it? I mean, if we concede that human Borg are aliens anyway: "Jeri...

You guys seen this yet? Too bad there aren't English captions on the pics. http://russos.livejournal.com/210363.html -- Herb "Everything is controlled...

I couldn't help but think of Pat's more creative writings when I saw this link to hundreds of Soviet, Cuban, Czech and Polish propaganda posters, "Many are for...

....I just noticed this one: "John Kerry" can be rearranged to spell "Horny Jerk"! OM -- "No ******* ever won a war by dying for |...

....I got some feedback from Forte this evening regarding that still-unresolved issue where Agent's filters suddenly start filtering out everything even though...

After a long illness and a recent crisis, my father-in-law passed this Sunday morning as he had wished; quietly asleep in his favorite chair with little bother...

Cnn is reporting that Bob Keeshan, 'Captain Kangaroo', died this morning. http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/23/obit.kangaroo/index.html For at least two...

http://sympatico.msn.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2006/01/27/octopus06 0127.html Cue Pat . . . ;-) -- Herb There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. ~...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/20/obit.doohan.ap/index.html -- "Fame may be fleeting but obscurity is forever." ~Anonymous www.angryherb.net

....This is just a test. Had this been an actual obit for LC's death by Tang abuse, I'd have also included the text for his nomination for both the Darwin...

From the recently nicely-spiffed-up and augmented with new imagery Gemini Lunar Surface Rescue Spacecraft pages at Mark Wade's,...

http://hiroc.lpl.arizona.edu//images/PSP/diafotizo.php?ID=PSP_002162_9030 Just when I was already getting jaded by one extra-sweet high-res image after...

Haaaappy Birthday to yoouuuuuu! At last, I knew some engineers out there would call for a heat shield visit; it _was_ just over the edge from where they were...

http://www.uncoveror.com/outage.htm On Thursday August 14, the largest power outage in history occurred. On August 28, Mars will be closer to Earth than it...

Via "Spaceflight Now". Y'know, I think if these guys are going to run a parody, they should mark it more clearly. I mean, the STS Orbiter and booster _are_...

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/americans_demand_military WASHINGTON, DC—A citizens' group presented a petition signed by nearly 75 million...