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Florida-based KelTec announced last week that a major Pacific Rim maritime agency has once again selected the company’s tactical bullpup shotgun for use on patrol. The South Korean Coast Guard has long used the well-reviewed (once you...
With the sunsetting of the AV-8B in USMC service in May, it is refreshing to see these images from the recently concluded Neptune Strike 26-3 of Spanish AV-8Bs (the world’s youngest Harriers) of Novena Escuadrilla (9th Squadron, the...
Harry Dean Stanton - SNAP/KCRW, Santa Monica, California, June 24, 1987I watched Partly Fiction, Sophie Huber’s Harry Dean Stanton documentary, last week and it was a beautiful, intimate portrait of the late/great character actor, who...
For a time, the children gathered together around the workbench where they made things with junk using glue guns. Others chose to create using construction paper, tape, and staplers. They talked quietly amongst themselves as they worked,...
The British Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) is roughly akin to the U.S. Military Sealift Command (MSC) in that they man naval auxiliaries with civilian mariners on contract. While the MSC’s CIVMARs kinda “go native,” the RFA wears a very...
It’s entirely possible that the world has heard just about enough from me. After all, I’ve written three books, I’ve been inflicting Scientist Sees Squirrel on you for over a decade, and the data would suggest that I’ll give a lecture,...
Serial miscarriers, especially those over forty, become accustomed to grieving in isolation. Two or three losses elicit sympathy and compassion. After the first, friends and therapists suggest that you plant a tree or have a ceremony to...
First, humorous imaginary p.s. on my last post from cow on a.i. regurgitated by my elderly neighbor Jean - thanks. 'A.I.? You mean artificial insemination of course. Totally unnatural, but an awful lot easier.' Thought that was quite...
I hear from the Guardian that Anthony Fauci pled the Fifth 100 times in Senate hearings about his actions during the pandemic. To a certain knee-jerk portion of the body politic, I hear this means that Trump's former advisor is guilty as...
In my car. Waiting for carpool into city. Feeling a bit rushed and out of sorts past week or so. Brother’s wedding coming up. A friend wanted to come to the town they live in but I wasn’t sure if I could accommodate them. I think I can...
As a daily user of the Neocities hosting platform, I’ve observed some quiet updates the site has begun to roll out over this past year. These things are sometimes hard to spot unless you use the site as much as I do, and there are no...
TL;DR: Paid for YouTube Premium after years of DIY ad-blocking. Ads are gone; the algorithm, the clutter, and the impermanence aren't. Building a stack of small tools instead of hunting for one app that fixes all four. First post in a...
TL;DR: Paid for YouTube Premium after years of DIY ad-blocking. Ads are gone; the algorithm, the clutter, and the impermanence aren't. Building a stack of small tools instead of hunting for one app that fixes all four. First post in a...
I slept on my porch last night. Lived here for like six years now, but finally did it. A piece of tyvek, an inflatable sleeping pad, my camping quilt, and a for-real pillow. Laid under the stars, but I could only see three of them...
Although he was a thorn in the side of King Henry IV, because he had a greater claim to the throne and was used as a focal point for rebellion, Edmund Mortimer was nevertheless kept alive and safe. Near the end of Henry IV's reign,...