Check out the Top 10 Astronomy Images of 2006. Very cool. Included is just one of the images. All images are copyright of their prospective owners.

Okay, say you buy a gift card of $100 from a store and give it to somebody. Now, that card expires in 1 year, and your friend has only used $80 of the card. Rep. Fred Kessler (D-Milwaukee) has proposed a bill that says this $20 that has not been spent is a “windfall.” Thus […]

While I think Sales Tax is a much better option for collecting tax than an income tax (see the Fair Tax), I think I got screwed on this one. The wife just got an order from the Pottery Barn, and while I was looking at the invoice, I saw that the sales tax was charged […]

I realize that the intersection of West Lamar Alexander and Broadway in Maryville has been a certain way for a long time. However, it has now changed! There is nothing particularly tricky about it. If there is a green arrow you have the right of way to turn; if it is simply […]

Even in the off season Ken Griffey, Jr. gets hurt. Griffey broke his left hand (throwing hand) in an accident at home, the AP is reporting. You can read the article at Fox Sports.

As I was getting ready for work today, the radio station mentioned that the cops would be beginning a campaign to ticket speeders this holiday season. All I could think of was they must need to meet their quotas or get their bonuses. Then I read this editorial from The Examiner (originally linked […]

Now this is cool:
Researchers at the University of Tokyo have demonstrated a prototype that couldoffer a new way to power gadgets. The prototype, which consists of plastic andflexible electronics, can wirelessly supply power to any device that touches itssurface.
Read the rest of the article HERE. This sheet can actually sense where the device […]

Michael Silence links to the world’s most dangerous roads. You can see them HERE.

Hugh Hewitt writes about National Security and the 2008 GOP candidates. There are some good ideas in this story. You can read it HERE.

Proposition: After the flurry of the first quarter ‘07 (and perhaps even earlier) these three should arrange for at least a monthly conversation in various places with various serious center-right conservatives or […]

Instapundit links to several articles about Newt Gingrich and the “flying Imams.”
The first article from UPI:
“Those six people should have been arrested and prosecuted for pretendingto be terrorists,” Gingrich said. “And the crew of the U.S. airplane should havebeen invited to the White House and congratulated for being correct in theprotection of citizens.”
The second article […]