Yellow Flags Are Becoming Badges Of Honor

Yellow Flags Are Becoming Badges Of Honor


It’s a clean block. Clean blocks aren’t allowed if they’re too effective.

Don’t be too effective. That’s the zeitgeist. Lay off. Slack. Go through the motions. Pretend you’re not winning. Pretend you’re not losing. And for Pete’s sake, don’t follow the written rules. There’s another set, and they matter more.

Here’s to number 80. He’s our honorary Borderline Sociopathic Boy of the day. Then again, maybe number 10, the fellow that got leveled, should be an honorary Borderline Sociopathic Boy too. He didn’t throw the flag.

Princes And Princesses Of Tides

Princes And Princesses Of Tides


Nothing like some good old Bosco surfing.

It’s a “tidal bore.” When an incoming tide is confined to a small river opening, the tide can rush up with enough force to look like big rollers in the open ocean. This one’s in China, but even though you might be able to ignite the river water, that’s not why it looks so chocolate milky. Lots and lots of sediment gets stirred up by the tide. 

You’re Really Not Supposed To Return The F-18 To The Yard With Grass Stains On Its Drop Tanks, Are You?

You’re Really Not Supposed To Return The F-18 To The Yard With Grass Stains On Its Drop Tanks, Are You?


You wonder how much longer the Air Force is going bother putting people in a cockpit. Drones with standard nerds pushing the buttons seems to be the way things are going. You can save a lot of money on the saddle if you don’t have to worry about keeping the jockey on the horse. But it sure is a wondrous thing, isn’t it?

You Had Me At “Homemade Rocket”

You Had Me At “Homemade Rocket”


This one reached 121,000 feet.  Kewl. Past Kewl.

But of course, “homemade rocket” isn’t such a big deal, is it? Have we gone so far down the formal education/hell-bent-for-an-IPO rathole that we’ve forgotten that pretty much everything cool is homemade at first? Robert Goddard, who damn near invented modern rocketry all by his lonesome, essentially did it by going to the library and shooting things off in his yard. You can find this video on Google, which was started in a friend’s garage. Most cool things in this world are, you know.

We need more homemade everything. Especially cocktails. But rockets, too. And rockets and cocktails is best, I think.

[Thanks to Charles Schneider for sending that one along]