Maria von Trapp (portrayed as Louisa in the musical and film) died at the age of 99 at her home in Stowe, VT on Tuesday .  Although sh...

  "Our sails swell full  As we brave all seas  On a westward wind  To live as we please"

Photo "Asinine Package Label" by Evan Robinson, 2014.02.16, Lawton, OK There better...

There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, then are dreamt of in your philosophy. -- William Shakespeare, Hamlet This is one of ...

From the Congressional Medal of Honor Society website : The  Medal of Honor  is the highest award for valor in action against an enemy for...

Life intrudes. You change jobs. You become a grandfather (!). You spend a monstrous chunk of time...

Steve Jobs 1955 - 2011

Plus the driver strolls out of the car, cool as can be. Amazing. You've got to wonder, what was the driver doing to get that kin...

When it comes to the debt ceiling and this administration  I feel like we are nationally having a Ha...

Seattle Panorama 20110716 by Evan Robinson I've updated my camera gear for the first time in ye...

I am so disheartened and confused. For decades the GOP has wanted to get rid of some of bedrock most...

Mobile Devices . photo Newfangled Web Developers July 2009 From The Future of the Web, Part 2 , b...

1945, one month after V-J Day, the Oil Workers’ Union called a national strike  I often wonder wh...

Speaker of the House John Boehner is speaking at OSU Graduation. Students are working hard to make s...

Sex scandals are ridiculous and distracting and I don't really care what consenting adults do. S...

actually... I have none. Except that we should all remember that what we do and say and send on th...

Editorial Cartoon by David Stoll / The Lumberjack The US and most world media outlets are nothing...

More changes more quickly every day. This morning Mashable posted about the new Asus PadFone     (...

I am glad to see that the Japanese gov. has changed their minds about the insane idea to raise radia...

NHK is reporting high readings off the coast of Japan in many areas near to the tsunami effected region north of Tokyo Professor Takashi I...

In the early days of the crisis(es) in Japan I was pretty calm and tried to keep panic in myself and others to a minimum. I still believe th...

photo from Bloomberg It was with interest I read the economist update on the somewhat controversi...

Eclectic Method - The Apocamix from Eclectic Method on Vimeo .

The Earthquake, Tsunami, Aftershocks and Nuclear Issues were not in Tokyo proper, but still this is ...