As a bio major in college, this got me laughing…then thinking…then laughing some more.
In 1972, 45 year-old Englishman Brendon Grimshaw left his job as an newspaper editor to live on an island 1,000 miles off the east coast of Africa. Called Moyenne Island, he purchased the small, half-mile diameter island for 10,ooo British pounds. Some 30+ years later it’s worth 10′s of millions of pounds more—and that’s the problem.
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UPDATE: Watched the video a couple more times, and doubt the shooter used three round burst setting–just had a fast trigger finger…Still, really dumb thing to do.
Shooting at boss with AK-47 ~ I assume this is real, but who knows. The employee appears to shoot at his boss with an AK-47 in a three shot burst, which I believe is a setting for the rifle and inherently difficult to control.
The boss is protected behind his company’s product—bullet-resistant/bullet-proof safety glass—and a steel plate below the glass. The glass is a huge safety concern, but so is the employee’s aim and the very real possibility of a ricochet hitting the employee, boss, or spectators. Aside from this being an inherently stupid & dangerous demo, setting the rifle to a three shot burst (and having a concrete backstop so close to people) is totally wacko.
On the other hand, it does prove the point–the glass will stop AK-47 rounds. Continue reading »
Ruger 22/45 Lite ~ This looks like a fun gun to shoot. I’ve shot Ruger Mark IIs plenty, and the Ruger 22/45 series look similar in a lot of ways–except for the significant difference in the grip angle, which is designed to emulate the 1911.
YouTuber BRANDON401401 made an excellent get acquainted video of the Ruger 22/45 Lite, which features an aluminum, “Gold Anodized” receiver to keep the weight down to a trim 22.8 ounces. The 4.4-inch stainless steel barrel has a threaded end for muzzle accessories (suppressor, muzzle break). Continue reading »
Best response to the glass half full, glass half empty debate… Continue reading »
I remember seeing this commercial for Post Grape Nuts with Euell Gibbons when I was a kid–and the Saturday Night Live parodies, which I unfortunately couldn’t find on YouTube ~ “Did you know bicycle seats are edible?”
As a lifelong bibliophile, this quote about books from Carl Sagan made me pause and look at my library with wonder.
“A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called ‘leaves’) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles. One glance at it and you hear the voice of another person—perhaps someone dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, the author is speaking, clearly and silently, inside your head, directly to you. Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another. Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.”
— Carl Sagan, Cosmos
via Joshua McGee (mcgeesorg) tweet: Carl #Sagan’s awesome #quote on #book(s)
Vegetarian myth busting ~ Superb interview with Lierre Keith, author of The Vegetarian Myth. Keith touches on many of the myth busting conclusions she came to after finally accepting that her health was deteriorating after 20 years as a committed vegan. Continue reading »
Michael Davis is a very good bad juggler and comedian. His deadpan presentation had me in stitches.
Jupiter – Absolutely stunning! I don’t I know if it’s really Jupiter or some digital artist’s conception, but it’s sure one knockout of an image. I need to find the source for this image of Jupiter’s storms.
