Author Archives: Tom

People are living longer and staying active longer, yet they’re only starting to study older athletes (where older == over 50). Too bad no martial artists are being looked at. Kendokas in their 60′s and 70′s are not uncommon. Tags: … Read More →

The FBI missed five opportunities before 9/11 to uncover the plot. We compensate for their mistakes by making taking a airplane flight a lesson in humiliation. Tags: 9/11 FBI tragedy

I Don�t Know What I�m Doing is a downloadable CD from Brad Sucks. He’s encouraging you to download it and share with your friends. But you can donate, too. As a matter of fact, he got enough from web donations … Read More →

I (heart) Mighty Girl: As we climb into his car, I become distinctly aware of my own pearyness. I am Pearrific, Peartastic, Pearlicious. I smell like a ten-dollar hooker with a day job at Potpourri World. And now our friend’s … Read More →

That Los Alamos whistleblower’s claims of being beaten to silence him, are probably false. Sad, though, how believable it was. Tags: LANL whistleblower hoax

Grades are going up but yet there’s no way average intelligence is going up at a similar rate. It’s called grade inflation. Tags: grade inflation

The Illuminated Middle Ages is a database of illuminated manuscripts from the Middle Ages. Some of the text is in French but the images are the point anyway. Tags: illuminated manuscripts medievel

If you’re an Ansel Adams fan, “Suffering Under a Great Injustice” – Ansel Adams’s Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar is probably something you haven’t seen before. If you’ve never seen his work, his landscapes are something amazing and a … Read More →