Last night's double feature:

• Tuskegee Airmen (1995) - The true story of the 99th Fighter Squadron, part of the 332nd Fighter Group. So yesterday I said it was preachy, and it is, but it is also quite good for a made for TV movie and has a top notch cast. I only wish the budget had been a little better so the effects and sets could have been ( Read more... )

While conejodanz is away for Turkey Day I'm catching up at work during the day and tossing World War II movies in the DVD changer at night.

Last night's triple feature:

• Objective, Burma! (1945) - Directed by the legendary Raoul Walsh and starring Errol Flynn, this is a bit of patriotic fare about an American unit that parachutes into the jungle and then ( Read more... )

So we were watching the Bears/Giants game on TV last night and there was this amazing play where a missed field goald was run back 108 yards for a touchdown, tying the record for the all-time longest run back in league history ( Read more... )

While we were out in the desert a couple weeks ago we took a side trip to see the Titan Missile Museum (see photos). The very existence of the museum is an interesting story because it had to be negotiated as a part of the SALT treaties and even now the missile silo has to stay open so the Russians can peek into it with their satellites and see ( Read more... )

Notorious polygamist Warren Jeffs was arrested today (cue Anderson Cooper newsgasm) after being stopped near Las Vegas in a red Cadillac Escalade that had no visible registration. Lots of fugitives seem to end up in custody this way.

If you were on the FBI's ten most wanted list would you drive around in a car that was stolen or unregistered or ( Read more... )

Legislators and parents have it all wrong. All tennagers should be required to be on MySpace and then we can solve crimes.

Crimes like this bombing spree.

What morons.

So the stats are in... five weeks of knife amnesty and some 17,000 dangerous weapons are off the street.

Oh, and over 100 serious or fatal knife crimes we committed in the same time.

More great quotes...

"Knife crime is always going to be harder to police than gun crime because we all have weapons in our homes. Everyone knows that hardened ( Read more... )

Today on MSNBC Countdown they discussed a recent article which included the assertion that people are going to be having sex with robots within five years. The concern is that they might learn things from the experience and behave in unexpected ways as a result.

Sure, go ahead and laugh but you can already buy a programmable vibrator so how far ( Read more... )

I noticed today that Tiki Bar TV totally re-did their web site and it looks just awesome. It makes me want to redesign the Koala Kabana again. Have a look.

If you are not subscribed to the Tiki Bar TV podcast, you are just missing out and I pity you.

By the way, the shot glass is filled with Newfoundland Screech, see episode #6 for details.


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Yes, I know the old saying goes "you get what you paid for" -- but Lamprey Systems has three entire albums of music available for free download as MP3s and if you are fond of electronica you will probably enjoy it.

They also cut videos for several of their tracks that are amusing in an Atomic Cafe sort of way. redpretzel would understand.