Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced today that Keith Morrison, revered Dateline NBC correspondent, will be removed from the $20 bill. In his place, Harriet Tubman, a woman who has never appeared on Dateline NBC, will replace him. I don't know what I ... Continue Reading
Wil Wheaton blames ‘Tabletop’ producer for errors
Former child actor Wil Wheaton hosts a YouTube show called Tabletop. The show features Wheaton and three or four guests playing a board game, the type of specialty board game one might buy at a specialty game store. In the videos, you see Wheaton and his ... Continue Reading
Memorial Day and why I hate communists
Today is Memorial Day, the one day a year we officially recognize the ultimate sacrifice many, too many, military men and women paid in service to our country. I spent over nine years in the United States Air Force, and in that time, I personally knew ... Continue Reading
Joseph Stalin’s Order Number 270
I've been listening to a really fantastic history podcast, Dan Carlin's Hardcore History. The most recent episode is Ghosts of the Ostfront II. It is the second part of a show that deals with what the Russians refer to as The Great Patriotic War, the ... Continue Reading
The night an F-4G Wild Weasel fired a missile at a B-52G
This illustration depicts aircraft B-52G 0248. Although the image is too small to read clearly, the nose art shows the nickname "In Harms [sic] Way." Back in 1991, on the first night of Operation Desert Storm, an F-4G Wild Weasel fired an AGM-88 HARM ... Continue Reading
Brian Bolland and his Chicago Real Estate lawyer
This morning I found yet another email from comic book artist Brian Bolland concerning the whole issue surrounding my blog post over two months ago about a sketch he did at the 2007 New York City Comic-Con. The email basically contradicts everything he ... Continue Reading