tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96945142009-11-09T17:23:28.647-05:00Knowledgeable, but not always right.Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078379786692024218noreply@blogger.comBlogger780125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9694514.post-33393333536454685862009-11-09T17:17:00.002-05:002009-11-09T17:23:28.655-05:00It was 20 years ago today...Schabowski shrugged unconvincingly at a <strong><a href="http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/node/2314/full">crucial question</a></strong>, and the wall fell down. History was made <strong><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/20th-anniversary-special-two-days-that-destroyed-a-wall-ndash-and-a-world-order-1816843.html">hour by hour</a></strong>...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9694514-3339333353645468586?l=fault-free.blogspot.com'/></div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078379786692024218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9694514.post-20024635316280150352009-10-15T19:00:00.002-04:002009-10-15T19:07:57.705-04:00In the NBA you get 3 points for making a basket from 23' 9". How many points should you get for 90'? How about from a water trampoline? How about from a jetski? Or sitting in a canoe on top of a camp store? How many points for <strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4giMyqv0qc&NR=1&feature=fvwp">all of the above and several more?</a></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9694514-2002463531628015035?l=fault-free.blogspot.com'/></div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078379786692024218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9694514.post-5672727404334024462009-10-15T18:28:00.001-04:002009-10-15T18:29:48.932-04:00A desktop <strong><a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/desktop-black-hole/">black hole</a></strong>? What could possibly go wrong?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9694514-567272740433402446?l=fault-free.blogspot.com'/></div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078379786692024218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9694514.post-25320397584067868292009-10-09T11:34:00.001-04:002009-10-09T11:35:55.886-04:00I think I deserve the Nobel prize for physics....because I really, really want a flying car and I think about it almost every day.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9694514-2532039758406786829?l=fault-free.blogspot.com'/></div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078379786692024218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9694514.post-25635401305989792112009-09-20T10:20:00.002-04:002009-09-20T10:24:45.853-04:00<em>"If you smell tube socks, dirt, mushrooms, vinegar...it probably means the thing you're about to taste is corked..."</em><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/09/18/how-to-sample-wine-w.html">Useful advise!</a></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9694514-2563540130598979211?l=fault-free.blogspot.com'/></div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078379786692024218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9694514.post-67329353838006849382009-09-16T18:45:00.001-04:002009-09-16T18:48:00.671-04:00My favorite <strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnINcfS-0Sg">new song</a></strong> from my favorite <strong><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thepainsofbeingpureatheart">new band</a>...</strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9694514-6732935383800684938?l=fault-free.blogspot.com'/></div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078379786692024218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9694514.post-30172063061304829352009-09-16T18:29:00.003-04:002009-09-16T18:39:33.958-04:00I remember camping years ago and one time I got very frustrated that I couldn't get a fire going due to wind and general dampness. I took about a cupful of kerosene from the camp stove, dumped it on the wood, took a step back and threw a lit match at the fire pit. <em><strong>FWOOMPF!</strong></em> Man makes instant fire, baby! Stand back!<br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2009-09/most-dangerous-way-light-grill">But lighting a grill with liquid oxygen?</a></strong> I guess that's either genius or a whole new level of stupid I never thought about.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9694514-3017206306130482935?l=fault-free.blogspot.com'/></div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078379786692024218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9694514.post-45003479050093533602009-09-16T18:18:00.003-04:002009-09-16T18:29:12.220-04:00<strong><a href="http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/09/16/the-audacity-of-hos-daily-show-skewers-acorn/">"I'm a <em>fake</em> journalist, and <em>I'm</em> embarrassed!"</a></strong><br /><br />It's been that way for quite some time, for those of us that have been paying attention.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9694514-4500347905009353360?l=fault-free.blogspot.com'/></div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078379786692024218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9694514.post-9232501891124079212009-09-11T07:59:00.001-04:002009-09-11T07:59:59.702-04:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9jU5Qf0pqbo/Sqo7tvqpJHI/AAAAAAAAADM/JcoMgkv9auY/s1600-h/WTC_Lights.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 215px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9jU5Qf0pqbo/Sqo7tvqpJHI/AAAAAAAAADM/JcoMgkv9auY/s320/WTC_Lights.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380178361922954354" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9694514-923250189112407921?l=fault-free.blogspot.com'/></div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078379786692024218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9694514.post-52002612653672389802009-08-28T17:10:00.001-04:002009-08-28T17:12:34.446-04:00<em>At last!</em> A practical use for <strong><a href="http://www.wagreflex.com/2009/08/to-boldy-wear-what-no-dog-wants-to-wear.html">Bud Light in a can!</a></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9694514-5200261265367238980?l=fault-free.blogspot.com'/></div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078379786692024218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9694514.post-11059108182233428672009-08-28T12:45:00.002-04:002009-08-28T12:50:08.389-04:00Flying cars: getting closer, <strong><a href="http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=3256">but a few major hurdles still remain</a></strong>. The final assessment seems right me: hugely expensive for the foreseeable future; more technologically and economically feasible in 20 years. If the will is there...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9694514-1105910818223342867?l=fault-free.blogspot.com'/></div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078379786692024218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9694514.post-19314520654944505402009-08-15T10:52:00.001-04:002009-08-15T10:54:36.696-04:00For anyone visiting St. Martin at anytime, I have two word to offer:<br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.blackbookmag.com/guides/details/bistro-nu">Bistrot Nu</a></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9694514-1931452065494450540?l=fault-free.blogspot.com'/></div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078379786692024218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9694514.post-61762488897362982912009-07-30T19:41:00.001-04:002009-07-30T19:41:52.734-04:00<strong><a href="http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=3219">Still waiting...</a></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9694514-6176248889736298291?l=fault-free.blogspot.com'/></div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078379786692024218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9694514.post-34954382100562914992009-06-24T18:04:00.001-04:002009-06-24T18:07:34.948-04:00<strong><a href="http://www.soccerbyives.net/soccer_by_ives/2009/06/usa-stuns-topranked-spain-20.html#more">They have done the impossible</a></strong>, and that makes them mighty.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9694514-3495438210056291499?l=fault-free.blogspot.com'/></div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078379786692024218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9694514.post-90416280540515995402009-05-29T19:18:00.001-04:002009-05-29T19:19:32.254-04:00Hoplophobia, <strong><a href="http://newledger.com/2009/05/guns-in-parks-the-hoplophobes%E2%80%99-travel-guide-to-the-united-states/">clearly defined.</a></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9694514-9041628054051599540?l=fault-free.blogspot.com'/></div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078379786692024218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9694514.post-10194867407842298132009-05-22T14:42:00.000-04:002009-05-22T14:43:47.417-04:00<a href="http://www.gratefulpalate.com/images/BOM_2008v5_121508_01.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 886px; height: 263px;" src="http://www.gratefulpalate.com/images/BOM_2008v5_121508_01.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />It's the <strong><a href="http://www.gratefulpalate.com/?p=Category_11&u1=C5B1L3BR2S39701">can't miss </a></strong>gift idea of the year!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9694514-1019486740784229813?l=fault-free.blogspot.com'/></div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078379786692024218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9694514.post-86193907691952555652009-04-13T21:01:00.001-04:002009-04-13T21:02:52.697-04:00It just gets <strong><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/5118283/Bacon-sandwich-really-does-cure-a-hangover.html">better and better</a></strong>...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9694514-8619390769195255565?l=fault-free.blogspot.com'/></div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078379786692024218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9694514.post-83096244427384315082009-04-12T11:01:00.003-04:002009-04-12T11:12:36.755-04:00I pretty much gave up completely on main stream media about five years ago for some few different reasons, mostly feeling our media have abandoned serious reporting so they can advance their own narrow agenda. I now find that with the exception of sports news, I neither need nor miss major media. <br /><br />Every now and then something catches my eye that shows quite starkly just the depth to which major media have abrogated their duties in the interest of advancing their narrative. <strong><a href="http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2009/04/msm-complicit-in-full-court-pr-push-for.html">None more stark than this.</a></strong><br /><br />When all these rapidly declining newspapers and outlets finally do go out of of business, we'll be a better society for it. All the news that fits the narrative, I suppose.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9694514-8309624442738431508?l=fault-free.blogspot.com'/></div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078379786692024218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9694514.post-52467489770094968952009-04-10T17:20:00.003-04:002009-04-10T17:22:22.302-04:00It's more <strong><a href="http://www.aldenteblog.com/2009/04/drinking-improves-dementia.html">good news </a></strong>for the varsity! <em>FTW!</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9694514-5246748977009496895?l=fault-free.blogspot.com'/></div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078379786692024218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9694514.post-69729233249191319332009-04-10T16:54:00.001-04:002009-04-10T16:56:06.600-04:00Well of <em>course</em> <strong><a href="http://www.aldenteblog.com/2009/04/tylers-ultimate-recipe-videos.html">bacon makes it better</a></strong>. Is there anyone left on the planet that doesn't know that? Can I get my own celebrity cooking show now?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9694514-6972923324919131933?l=fault-free.blogspot.com'/></div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078379786692024218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9694514.post-61098935299570090562009-04-10T16:50:00.001-04:002009-04-10T16:52:23.134-04:00The reason I <strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKekXzEMwxc">never bought an SUV</a></strong>: If I wanted a station wagon I'd just buy a damn station wagon...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9694514-6109893529957009056?l=fault-free.blogspot.com'/></div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078379786692024218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9694514.post-80525952007652616032009-04-10T16:15:00.001-04:002009-04-10T16:16:44.192-04:00Something new to keep you <strong><a href="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/04/is-a-death-star.html">up at night...</a></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9694514-8052595200765261603?l=fault-free.blogspot.com'/></div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078379786692024218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9694514.post-90309008670564085332009-04-05T16:00:00.003-04:002009-04-05T16:06:21.155-04:00<strong><a href="http://www.chordstrike.com/2009/04/best-albums-of-the-2009-so-far-according-to-alan.html">The best albums of 2009, so far.</a></strong><br /><br />Again, with the quaint term "album". Everyone, myself included, loves to tear apart these lists -- why is this included but not that, and what about band such & so, and so on...But you know what? I'm just happy lists like this are still being compiled.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9694514-9030900867056408533?l=fault-free.blogspot.com'/></div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078379786692024218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9694514.post-71732882042799160832009-04-02T06:44:00.001-04:002009-04-02T06:48:29.285-04:00<strong><a href="http://www.baconnaise.com/">Baconnaise</a></strong> seems so 2008; a passing fad. Step aside for the new <strong><a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/squeez-bacon.html">most perfect food...</a></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9694514-7173288204279916083?l=fault-free.blogspot.com'/></div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078379786692024218noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9694514.post-37816885528985922972009-04-01T19:57:00.004-04:002009-04-10T17:07:16.703-04:00Frank J of <strong><a href="http://www.imao.us/">IMAO</a></strong> fame has uncovered the specs for the government's <strong><a href="http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/government-motors-gm-unveils-its-first-model/">new car project!</a> </strong><br /><br />(For all of Frank J's fine achievements, surely his finest achievement is that he's married to <strong><a href="http://www.imao.us/img/babes/sarahk_babe.jpg">Sarah K...</a></strong> Visit Sarah <strong><a href="http://mountaineermusings.com/">here.)</a></strong><br /><br />And when your new government vehicle breaks down, hey no problem! Just head on over to the <strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi9XCpSYJbY">DMV Government Repair Center</a>.</strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9694514-3781688552898592297?l=fault-free.blogspot.com'/></div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078379786692024218noreply@blogger.com0