Yesterday, I read that astronomers had actually photographed planets outside our solar system for the first time. Planets had been detected before, but always by methods other than direct visuals. This is the first time they’ve actually seen an object this cool (temperature-wise) and this small outside our own solar system, according to aBBC article [...]

It will be so nice once November 4th has come and gone. It’ll be even nicer after all the legal challenges and recount demands and accusations of voting irregularities are finished, too. I haven’t seen many of the TV ads because I don’t watch much television, but I’ve seen a few. I think I may even [...]

I can’t believe he got up so soon. (I couldn’t bring myself to file this one in the “Humor” category)

My oldest sister Cindy showed on Hunt Night at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show with her horse Patrick. She did a great job!

Why does everyone still refer to the bailout plan as “The 700 billion dollar” plan, when it’s now bigger than 800 billion dollars?

Wow.

I like to shoot it in the water. - Mike *context intentionally withheld

This past weekend, I went on an overnight boat trip on the Chesapeake Bay with some friends and had a blast. The boat is a 40 foot vintage Hinckley B40, of which only 203 were made and we sailed on it from 7:00 PM on Saturday until 6:30 PM on Sunday, going across the Chesapeake [...]

I just heard about and watched a new internet movie by Joss Whedon and friends called “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog” starring Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie, etc), Nathan Fillion (Firefly, Slither), and Felicia Day (The Guild).  You have have also now heard about it. You now need to go watch it. Seriously. Go. Now. Click the [...]

Did he actually SAY that? … with a straight face?! I just saw a video of President Bush talking about the Russia/Georgia situation. The speech was fraught with hypocrisy, but then he got to this line…  Bullying and intimidation are not acceptable ways to conduct foreign policy in the 21st century. In the immortal words of Phoebe Buffay, [...]

I have mixed feelings about a report by Defense Secretary Robert Gates last week. It makes me uneasy, but the quotes that I read seemed pretty rational. Things like this… “Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates says that even winning the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan will not end the “Long War” against violent extremism [...]“ I think [...]

So, since I’m a guy and since I shave with a blade, I’m always looking for a better shaving experience; a better razor, better shaving cream, better after-shave, etc. I’ve reviewed a few razors in the past: Gillette Mach 3 (thumbs up), Gillette M3 Power (thumbs down), Gillette Fusion (neutral), Gillette Fusion Power (thumbs up), [...]