Blue Jackets Lose Again

I almost forgot to note… Len and I went to the Sunday matinee game at Nationwide Arena where the Columbus Blue Jackets played the Detroit Red Wings… and lost 4 to 1.  Since the Red Wings are now ‘America’s Team’

Models for Artificial Intelligence

An interesting discussion on the Hierarchical Temporal Model… “If you look at the history of big obstacles in understanding our world, there’s usually an intuitive assumption underlying them that’s wrong. In the case of the Solar System it was intuitively

The Ultimate Model Railroad

Similar to many kids, I  used to love toying with HO and Lionel model trains…  Well, this site shows the worlds largest railway model. Over 450 railway cars, more than 7,000 trailers, 50,000 trees, 3,000 figures, and plenty of bridges

US Soldier – Standard Gear

It’s interesting how the standard equipment that a soldier carries has changed over the years.  When we visited the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans in 2005, there was an exhibit that showed all of the gear issued to the army

Who are You Fooling?

You gotta love this quote from a recent Al Reuters article, “Saudi officials say the kingdom would only consider talks if Israel clearly accepted the Arab peace initiative without any conditions.”  You gotta admit, one thing these towel-wearing, sheet-dragging freaks have beyond

UN is a Nightmare

I couldn’t ignore this fantastic speech from Hillel Neuer, Director of UN Watch.  Especially after the morally mis-aligned bastards at the UN threatened to quell the entire speech.  You can read the speech here… I’ve extracted parts of it below: “Six