I had finally had it with my car’s gutless wonder of a 1.8L 4 banger engine.  I needed something with more pep!  I really got tired of having a decent, albeit 14 year old car, that was capable of 0-60 in the time it takes to cook a chuck roast! So I searched around and found an engine I ...

If you go back far enough, fragments are all you have. That isn't bad if you used to dress up like a penis. Take the epic of Gilgamesh, for example, or rather the epics of Gilgamesh . There are at least ten versions, all from different cities and different times. None are complete. Some contradict. ...

Wonder what's interesting on the phone today? If you go back far enough, fragments are all you have. That isn't bad if you used to dress like a penis. Take the epic of Gilgamesh, for example, or rather the epics of Gilgamesh . There are at least ten versions, all from different cities and different ...

Today I researched some savings accounts since my HSBC one has gone crap.  Egg.com looked the best, instant access, 3.5% interest etc.  Tried to sign up.  Their website is so crap I couldn’t believe it.  Apparently it’s OK on IE but sod trying that.  They are an internet only UK ban...

One of my daily reads is Instapinch.  He’s a F-14 RIO who has a propensity for amateur photography.  Recently Pinch got himself a really nice Canon 50D DSLR camera and as Naval Flight Officers are wont to do… laid forth a challenge to himself… As if flying in the back seat of a high ...

There are some things in life that you simply do: washing your hands, brushing your teeth, driving to and from work. These things you do mostly on automatic pilot: there's not much joy in them and sometimes you have a hard time actually remembering them. Can you remember each turn on your way home y...

There are some things in life that you simply do: washing your hands, brushing your teeth, driving to and from work. These things you do mostly on automatic pilot: there's not much joy in them and sometimes you have a hard time actually remembering them. Can you remember each turn on your way home y...

You gotta watch out for cold cats.  They will take any opportunity to keep warm, no matter how many e-mails went out with the subject “aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…â€� Exhibit 1: Exhibit 2: Remember, lock those keyboards kids…...

I see a lot of people who don't like philosophy. What's the joke Steve Martin used about philosophy?"If you're studying geology, which is all facts, as soon as you get out of school you forget it all, but philosophy you remember just enough to screw you up for the rest of your life." That's even mor...

I see a lot of people who don't like philosophy. What's the joke Steve Martin used about philosophy?"If you're studying geology, which is all facts, as soon as you get out of school you forget it all, but philosophy you remember just enough to screw you up for the rest of your life." That's even mor...