Gulf War Pilot Still ‘Missing’ March 10, 2009 Associated Press WASHINGTON - A U.S. fighter pilot lost nearly 20 years ago in the Persian Gulf War will continue to be listed as missing, according to the Navy, which no longer suspects that he was captured by Iraqi forces. Navy officials in...

what the world looks like when you're seven. An actual exchange last night: The Boy: You know, I try to hold in my farts around girls. DD: That's a good idea. TB: Yeah. If you fart around them, they won't want to be your girlfriend. DD: Probably not. TB: It's hard to convince them to marry you. Like...

It was a pretty uneventful weekend after a hectic week with Mrs. Metal Dad starting her new job. Had to scramble to make sure everyone got where they needed to get and someone was home when someone needed to be there. Besides getting my ass kicked in Wii 9-Ball by #2 Son we watched a couple of movie...

By LARA JAKES, Associated Press Writer 1 hr 9 mins ago MOSUL, Iraq – Grenades lie unattended next to a west Mosul bazaar. Garbage bags throughout the city are searched daily for bombs. At a sprawling sheep market, Iraqi army soldiers are careful not to kick over rocks for fear of setting off hidde...

This article from the Chronicle, about spousal hiring, and this one from IHE, about administrative searches in a recession, are worth reading together. They're both about the real-world friction that gets in the way of hiring the best people for a given job. Spousal (or partner) hiring is a tricky b...

Stupid turkeys. I should've just run right over them. A friend invited us up to Sandpoint on Saturday for a couple of hours of snow tubing at the Schweitzer Mountain ski area. Sounded like fun. The kids have been working hard, more or less, in school, and I thought a day on the mountain would be a g...

An alert reader sent me the link to this article from the Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Apparently, the University of Massachusetts is sending out layoff notices to 60 faculty now, just in case it needs to actually go through with layoffs this Fall. If the stimulus package delivers enough, it will...

Wondering Aloud - How is it possible that the comforter is warm, the blanket is warm, and the sheets are freezing? The sheets are under the blanket and comforter. Shouldn't they keep the sheets warm? I'm perplexed. - A few days ago, some readers called me out on my claim that the average age of cc s...

Inviting five friends and their seven kids over to help me judge the haiku submissions sounded like a fun idea when I came up with it. Just like the lychee martinis sounded like a fun idea, too. But now that everyone is gone and I have a house full of pizza crusts, spilled juice, and dirty cocktail ...

Despite what a quote floating around these days says, we are not all Keynesians. "The final outcome of the credit expansion is general impoverishment."Mises - Human Action, p. 562; p. 564 Now Playing: Napalm Death - Nazi Punks Fuck Off - "Contemptuous (xtreem Mix)" Technorati Tag...