Way to go, Army: Officially, the Army says only that Sergeant Senft, 27, a crew chief on a Black Hawk helicopter in the 101st Airborne Division’s aviation brigade, was killed as a result of “injuries sustained in a noncombat related incident” at Kandahar Air Base on Nov. 15. No specific cause of death has been …
Archives for January 2011
Early Morning Open Thread: Don’t Stop
DJ Earworm’s mashup of the top 25 pop songs in 2010: __ __ DJ Earworm’s Website Some of the original songs don’t suck, but I still like the 2009 version better. Also, I am officially Old, because I’ve been mixing up pictures of Kei$ha and Taylor Swift, which would annoy both of them, not to …
Open Thread
I feel like we sort of forgot about you all. I went to dinner at the folks and crashed on the couch. Did we all have our pork and sauerkraut tonight?
Open Thread: For the New Dieters
I will state for the record that black-eyed peas in a rice cooker make the kitchen smell amazing, and many thanks to commentor Stuckinred for recommending Camellia Brand, too also. That taken care of, here’s an abstract from the Proceedings of the Royal Society on “Canaries in the coal mine: a cross-species analysis of the …
Non-Sports Open Thread
This is for anything but sports. Also, too: Nina is in fine form here.
“We Start With The Side of A Cow” — Or How To Fill In The Hours Until John Can Usefully Post an NFL Thread…
Check out this video from Wilson on the making of NFL game footballs. (Scroll down to the bottom of the column, as my attempt to link direct to the video failed abjectly. My link-fu is exceptionally weak.) Y’all may have noted that compared to JC, I’m actually good at this going Galt business. School starts …
Rose Bowl Open Thread
Since I shit the bed with the NFL thread, now that I am aware that it is Saturday, I better throw up the appropriate thread for you all before the bitching becomes intolerable. GO TEAM!