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efergus3
Website: http://echofox3.blogspot.com
Bio: TSGT, USAF, retired weather forecaster.
Italian tourist detained by Homeland Security for visiting his American girlfriend
May 15, 2008 1:22pm
Flickr photoset of last days of Tucson minature golf course
May 13, 2008 7:50pm
#2: You're right. It's a Moai similar to what they have on Rapa Nui. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moai
Black Metal cupcakes
May 12, 2008 12:38pm
#11: Really miss him. And I'll pass the dental floss to you. The good stuff, from Montana.
House passes bill that will let the RIAA take away your home for downloading music
May 9, 2008 5:34am
The government protects who?
RIAA says DRM is coming back -- in the future, you won't own music
May 9, 2008 5:27am
The dinosaurs weren't the only ones with tiny brains.
Bad Star Trek porn, as if there were any other kind.
May 7, 2008 5:39pm
And set phasers to 'vibrate'.
Bad Star Trek porn, as if there were any other kind.
May 7, 2008 5:32pm
YES! Whip me, beat me, make me wear pointy ears.
Patriot Act gag-order on the Internet Archive clobbered by EFF and ACLU
May 7, 2008 2:45pm
Very proud EFF member...
HOWTO make a cardboard playhouse
May 7, 2008 2:39pm
As the recession gets worse, this may come in handy.
Some China firms outsourcing to USA to cut costs
May 7, 2008 2:23pm
And you can breath the air and drink the water here.
Toy car powered by a hamster wheel
May 6, 2008 1:12am
With the price of gas getting forever higher, a version for people should be coming soon.
US patent judges aren't actually patent judges -- "catastrophic" mistake
May 6, 2008 1:10am
And, of course, whoever screwed up won't be punished...
Homeland Security charter school will train tomorrow's prison guards
May 5, 2008 11:29am
#23: They already take them into the Army and Marines. If you're breathing, they'll waver almost anything.
Free marrow-donor kit and registration
May 5, 2008 11:22am
#12: I lived in northern Cambridgeshire for 3 years at just the wrong time. Now, even vampires shun me.
HOWTO turn a plastic dollhouse into a faerie house
May 5, 2008 10:53am
Speaking of Fairy Portals: http://www.urban-fairies.com/index.html
Copyright crazies gaining steam in Canada
April 26, 2008 3:39pm
"Thieves, thieves, tramps and thieves."
Compendium of "They do it with..." one-liners
April 24, 2008 3:10pm
From my old job:
Weathermen do it with lightning strokes.
Weather forecasters do it with crystal balls.
Citizen issues parking ticket to cop
April 23, 2008 1:16pm
Hmmmmmmmmm. First the article disappears. Next, Mr. Bryant decides to go swimming while carrying his favorite anchor. Case closed, say the cops.
Against Ben Stein's wishes, lizards rapidly evolve after introduction to island
April 23, 2008 1:07pm
Would it be possible to introduce Ben Stein to a small island far away from the rest of us? We could go check on him in 30 years to see if HE'S changed.
Fixing the "Text entered was wrong" bug
April 19, 2008 11:52am
Interesting. I never had any trouble Posting. But I would always get an error message when I logged out.
Starving people in Haiti eating mud
April 18, 2008 3:38pm
Well --- Brazil (not Nathan) has been doing it for years. China has just put restrictions on the export of fertilizers. As usual, I'm lost?
Starving people in Haiti eating mud
April 18, 2008 3:27pm
Takuan. Did I miss some thing? "welcome home, Noen"
Starving people in Haiti eating mud
April 18, 2008 2:59pm
Agreed, it's not the same when you're actually starving and will eat anything that will fill your belly.
Children's book about plastic surgery
April 16, 2008 11:21am
There's nothing wrong with mommy that Prozac and a daily bottle of scotch won't fix.
Science fiction stuff in vintage ads photoshopping contest
April 13, 2008 9:38pm
Yup, I get the same thing on both the primary and secondary Links. "The requested URL /blog/archives/vintage/ was not found on this server."
Ill. Rep. Monique Davis: it's dangerous for children to know atheists exist, orders atheist to stop testifying
April 8, 2008 11:33am
Dementia among the elderly is so sad.
British Airways loses 15-20,000 bags since Thursday at supremely b0rked Heathrow Terminal 5
March 29, 2008 4:59pm
The good news is that Aliens have ceased doing anal probes. The bad news, since the Heathrow security folks can't take finger prints, they have.
Nuclear detonators sent to Taiwan were from 1962
March 27, 2008 9:34pm
Being picky, slowmatch was used in matchlock rifles. Flints in flintlock rifles.
Vintage Science illo Flickr group
March 26, 2008 4:39pm
Actually it's a very famous moment. Al Gore inventing the Internet.
Horseradish smell fire-alarm for waking up deaf people
March 9, 2008 2:56pm
You can find REAL Wasabi at Nirmala's Kitchen http://www.nirmalaskitchen.com/japan_tin2.php versus Western Wasabi which is the colored horseradish stuff. BIG difference.
Treasury Dept confiscates domain names of Brit travel agent who booked Cuba tours
March 6, 2008 3:05pm
#4 Try EFF. (Proud Member)
London cops declare war on photography
March 4, 2008 4:58pm
"Let experienced officers decide what action to take." Looking at their past history, they'll blow your brains out. But they'll say that they're sorry afterwards.
$31 million worth of lost valuables on the TSA's watch
March 1, 2008 4:25pm
TSA Turkeys Standing Around. Yes folks, you saw it here first on 1MAR08. They steal from you and expect you to say thanks. I LOVE the Gov.
Air Force Blocks Access to Many Blogs
February 27, 2008 4:51pm
Democracy: Stupidity exhibited at ALL levels of the government.


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#6: "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" The Dept. Of Homeland Insecurity strikes again. I put them along the MPAA and RIAA. SCUM.