It's official! The years long "My own Private Gondolin" project is now officially underway. You'll be reading cryptic bits...

No false advertising here -- what you see is what you get. A Robocorn.

A general rule of thumb for internet activities: If you don't already know the person you are conversing with over the internet, assume ...

Mercury, sadly, doesn't get much love out there. So here's a pretty shot (time lapse) of our innermost planet. Please note: If you...

Great show. The Woodstock of 1991. If you missed it, you missed everything. Also:

Sitting in a traffic jam this morning, it occurred to me that most, if not all, of my frustrations in this world can be tied to just a few f...

I'm sure it's not the last we'll hear from ya! In fact, I sincerely hope you run for the Repuglican Presidential nomination in 2...

Giving it about 15 seconds of thought, there seems to be two general types of distractions: 1. Loss of focus due to environmental circumstan...

I bet there's a near 1 to 1 corollary between those folks who believe this "Birther" nonsense, and those folks who believe in ...

In case you were wondering what "TruckNuts" were (or I suppose in this case, CarNutz), wonder no more.

The crazies, they get crazier by the day. Here's Obama's birth certificate. Won't make any difference to the crazies.

Well, apparently my truck is the vehicle of choice for suicidal birds, as another bird has been killed flying into my truck. Attention, all ...

It won't make any difference, I'm sure, but Moon Landing Conspiracy nuts should take note of this photo (and the entire series, here...

Folks, this is some incredible stuff. I'm slightly flabbergasted, and I thought myself immune to all forms of flabgastery. But, here I a...

Do you remember a time when America was willing to take bold risks? Me either. Also, a google image search for "Moon Landing" most...

Pretty hot, right? But would be even hotter if those were NAZI flags. PS Southerners: You still lost. Also, to debate amongst yourselves: At...

Known to grade on a curve.

The answer, apparently, is... probably.

Thankfully, I never partook of this fashion trend -- though there were some close moments. But really: What the hell were people thinking? ...

British Museum, London While this mask might have helped during hand to hand combat, man, it must have been uncomfortable, hot, and blinding...

Say hello to the Andromeda Galaxy -- in many ways our Sister galaxy in the local area. The only other big galaxy near us for many hundreds o...

Seriously. Universal Studios has an Asteroids movie in the works, after winning an intense bidding war for the rights. Yes, indeed, an Aster...

It's OK If You Are Republican. This acronym can cover pretty much any situation these days when it comes to political issues. Scandal, c...

If you only watched CNN the last few days, you'd think nothing was happening anywhere in the world other than Michael Jackson dying, and...

So, them fancy pants scientists have gone and created artificial sperm cells from stem cells, and successfully fertilized mouse eggs with th...

I try to never complain about the weather, as every instance of weather is a miracle and a blessing -- even the worst weather. For, what are...

The Chosen One has entered His Temple! But seriously, how weird would it be to get a private tour of an Egyptian pyramid, come into some obs...

"She's like a modern day Washington or Cincinnatus" An actual quote from a "journalist" describing Sister Sarah'...

Not only do we have this excellent photo of an especially stylish Soviet Citizen circa 1984, but instructions on how to replicate this fine ...

Raise your glass in memory of all those Redshirts that met their inevitable end that fateful day.

Truly, words fail to fully describe the phenomenon that is Sarah Palin. She's crazy, no doubt, but her insanity mirrors a mindset presen...

Congrats, Al Franken! You survived a round with the RNC legal spin machine. You are good enough, gosh darn it! Also, Repugnuts? Suck it. Whi...

Here's a quote from a respectable commentator from the great Conservative news site posing as an objective media site, Politico: Now why...

Lot's O' dead celebrities the last few days. I missed all the news as I was in special Redshirt training. Read elsewhere for JACKO c...

Note to Rethugs: When FoxNews puts the (D) next to your name, the Family has kissed you goodbye.

I make some jokes about the protesting babes of Persia, but I only half joke, cuz seriously, they are a beautiful people. But I don't me...

Hitler, self-portrait, 1910 To think! If he had just received a little bit more positive feedback, the horrors of the NAZI's and WW2 mig...

Don't know about y'all, but I got Persia on the brain -- can't stop thinking about the events currently unfolding. Historic alre...

Barring global catastrophe (!), our destiny lies off Earth; Moon bases will be nifty, but our future lies on Mars - the only realistic optio...

Eastport ME Also, a nice example of the power of the beaver on an environment. All of this wetland is created by the beaver and its busywork...

June 16th; some of you wags might know this as "Bloomsday", but you're wrong. It's Captain Picard Day, and I missed it! I ...

Say hello to the Heliosphere, and it's cousin, the Heliopause. You could choose one or the other for this analogy, but this is our egg s...

Tons of activity today in Persia, though far less reporting/images, as it seems the Iranian Govt crackdown on foreign reporters (in addition...

What's going on in Iran right now is a big deal -- it might turn out to be a historically big deal. My thoughts are with the brave prote...