Source of Company Names

I found this informative list at FortyMedia…  It’s some interesting information about how coompanies arrived at their names: Adidas: from the name of the founder Adolf (Adi) Dassler. Adobe: from the name of the river Adobe Creek that ran behind the

Did They Say Global Cooling?

You’ve got to admit, when the Charlotte Observer reports a record cold temperature in North Carolina for the last 80 years, it makes you wonder about global warming claims… Perhaps these folks would have a better chance of being believable if

High-Tech Man

A guy walks into a bar and sits down. After a few minutes, he starts dialing numbers… like a telephone…but on the back of his hand. He then flips his hand over, and starts talking into the palm of his

Big 30K lb Bomb

The US Defense Threat Reduction Agency has stepped out of its usual verification, detection, destruction programs to fund a project called the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP). This 30,000 pound weapon could well become the biggest conventional bomb ever used.  The

The Most Serious Threat to Our Civilization

When the question, “What is the most serious threat facing our civilization?” was posed to Michael Crichton, he eloquently replied: “Loss of classical liberal values in those western societies that embraced them. England was the first modern state, the first

Those Sneaky Marines

Do you notice anything special about the marine helicopter in the photo below? Look closer… heck I almost missed it myself: OK, I’ve included a close-up of the camouflage scheme… Now can you see it? Supposedly, if a Moslem sees

Strange Quotes about Education

“In the first place God made idiots; that was for practice; then he made school boards.” – Mark Twain “Dublin University contains the dream of Ireland – rich and thick.” – Samuel Beckett “Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a