Month: January 2006

I've finally finished the 2005 - The Year In Pictures collection. It's 26 pictures about 52 weeks, and some not safe for work (NSFW). Go have a look. In …

Why is this woman celebrating? Could it be because she and her husband just barely scored a sweet little deduction on their 2005 taxes? (Belated) congratulations to Stephen and …

It's a sad day for Washington area frequent fliers, as Flyi, Inc, parent company of low cost carrier Independence Air announced yesterday that all operations will be ceasing scheduled …

The top of the hour news break on the local talk radio station had a story on the miners trapped in West Virginia. It's a horrible story that hardly …

Over the weekend, I had a lot of things I had to do. Instead, I treated myself to a video marathon -- all 14 episodes of Firefly, followed up …

NBC is reporting that lobbyist Jack Abramoff has taken a deal and will soon be helping prosecutors in a forthcoming blizzard of corruption cases.Abramoff's cooperation is expected to be …

Via Acidman, I discovered this story of an American sniper in Iraq, who scored what just may be a world record for the longest confirmed kill with a sniper …

Sunday, I wrote about being spammed by the Ayn Rand Institute. I said that I intended to call the spammer up and discuss this little practice of theirs. Mr. …

A rescue effort for a group of coal miners trapped underground in West Virginia is underway, but it could be a very long process.TALLMANSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - A coal …

It's a man, baby! Peter Lattman of The Wall Street Journal's new Law Blog, opens with an explosive piece of blog gossip.Queen of the blogosphere Ana Marie Cox is …