My Ghod

Those stupid, brown Iraqis have figured out that those big magical birds flying everywhere have people inside! Whodathunkit!

The Good Die Young...

Ellis W. Williamson, Who Led Troops in Vietnam, Is Dead at 88

Maj. Gen. Ellis W. Williamson, who led the first Army combat troops into South Vietnam, died on Jan. 28 in Arlington, Va. He was 88. More

Vietnam and then Iran: "Send more troops."

Don't pine, you too can own a Jurassic Pine More

Winter itch?

Feeling Parched? Itching Like Crazy? It Must Be Winter
By LAUREL NAVERSEN GERAGHTY

IT gets worse as the winter drags on, and weeks of air that is too cold and heat that is too dry take their toll. Arms, thighs, knees, elbows and calves start looking like the surface of the moon: cracked, chalky and stretched. And then comes the itch. More

And why to moisturize the baby...

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Toys -- not wot they ustta be...

If Leonardo Had Made Toys
By MICHEL MARRIOTT

LEONARDO DA VINCI’S 15th-century vision of mechanical flight apparently never included fixed wings assisted by propellers or jet engines. His chief inspiration was birds, reflected in drawings of a flying machine fashioned to stay aloft by flapping its wings. More

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WooT!

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