Barking Rabbits

As I noted in a previous post about the shootings at the theater in Aurora, Colorado, there will continue to be these kinds of violent, rand...

I just watched Battle Royale last night on PPV, a Japanese cult film from 2000.  I had never heard of it before, but some of the scenes in t...

O.K., I am going to start out by giving NBC a few props here at the beginning.  They do have some extensive, live coverage available on line...

My opening statement is not a criticism.  I like them much better now than when I was a kid.  I was trying to explain to my 16 year old daug...

I have received a couple of comments that the formatting is screwy here for some viewers.  I think the problem described is that the text ov...

I find this utterly preposterous and very frightening at the same time.  It is beyond my comprehension to think that Mitt and his team tru...

This could sort of be looked upon as a metaphor for America right now, I guess.  But I wouldn't want to be preachy or anything.

I am a supporter of President Obama, but I am really upset that he and the entire country seem to think that an appropriate response to th...

I want to know what, exactly, a regular non-military, non-law enforcement person really needs assault weapons and high capacity magazines....

Here's a comparison to think about when debating gun violence in this country. On 9/11, one of the worst days in American history, som...

This country is really, really sick. I am not sure I am not talking about a country which can continually produce nutjobs that believe they...

It just seems like a lot of work for something that won't last very long. But they are cool. Click on the photo for a bigger version. ...

Here’s what Conservatives find outrageous these days . So at an Obama fundraiser headlined by the First Lady, Robert DeNiro tossed out a mod...

From National Geographic, natch.

May I offer my apologies to all females in the world.

I always enjoy artist endeavors that are outside the norm but still very artistic. Here are some pretty fantastic designs drawn in the snow...

This one happens to be Craig James , ex-college football jock, taker of illegal payments to student athletes, and meddling dad who appeared ...

Artistic rendering of Cthulhu, which also sort of represents my feeling towards complex electronic devices in general. Yes, I recognize the ...

Birdseed. Not always for birds.

Shih-Tzus may be cold weather dogs (and I base this on the prodigious amount of hair they grown in a very short period of time), but their h...

Photo from Universe Today.

I must have slept through the other nine.

Or wait.... Maybe I did. I can't remember. From Found Shit.

Aha. This is just what I needed to put a little pep into my day. Here is a bit of the story about these sailing stones that come from Envi...

Wow. That's about all the narrative necessary for this one. Just, wow.... Snapped from the New Horizons spacecraft on its way to Satur...

See here for the very latest , which will no doubt be totally out of date in the next 15 minutes. Ok, but here's one thing that I haven...

This is how the lead story on the web version of the Times presents the story. Occupy protest waning; just ask hot-dog vendor Hum. If you a...

Well, they are British, after all..... From Picture is Unrelated.

Apparently never, I guess. Remember Harold Camping , the lunatic fundamentalist who convinced a lot of True Believers that Judgment Day was...

Just because it's been a while since I have done this.... I wonder if there are doggies on the moon? What? I was kind o...

Read the story here in HuffPo if you haven't seen the news. This is reminding me so much of the Vietnam war. I am old enough to have l...

Why can't you say it's the Republicans who have partially shut down the FAA? I saw your lead story on the 5:00 news last night (Aug....

Here’s the HuffPo version to get your started. The Senate, with the federal debt crisis resolved, is expected to leave by the end of the we...