Archive for November, 2008
Commander-in-Seat: The Gunlocke Washington
2 Comments Published by Jason November 7th, 2008 in Great Men. Share ThisFrom FDR to Jimmy Carter, when the President settled in behind his desk in the Oval Office, he settled into a Gunlocke Washington chair.
For as low as $3000, would-be world leaders can also place their rear in the Gunlocke chair. It doesn’t really appear to give enough lower-back support for an infirm old man [...]
I know nothing at all about The Chap magazine, but check out what’s in the Autumn issue; there’s not a thing wrong about any of this:
• An explanation of the history, tenets and practical applications of Bartitsu – the gentleman’s martial art devised in 1899 by Edward Barton-Wright
• The stirring biography of George Hangar, 18th [...]
Beer News: Beer Not Surviving Economic Downturn?
1 Comment Published by Jason November 6th, 2008 in Beer, Finance. Share ThisCarlsberg has mercilessly shut down the historic Tetley on Leeds brewery in an effort to cut costs in a belt-tightening economy. Yeah, yeah the loss of a historic brewery like Tetley; which has been brewed on the site since 1822 and will be moved to some other brewery down south. I guess in these wonderful [...]
COMING SOON: Gears of War 2
3 Comments Published by Jason November 6th, 2008 in Uncategorized. Share ThisI am looking forward to playing Gears of War 2. The networked Co-Op play was a ton of fun, the first time round.
Releases November 7.
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Additional Fun Toy — Your own Lancer.
VIDEO: He really likes Star Wars
1 Comment Published by Jason November 5th, 2008 in Movies. Share ThisFrom the “What Were They Thinking?!” Files
0 Comments Published by Jason November 4th, 2008 in Great Capers, The Law. Share ThisSeriously:
“A teenage boy has discovered the quickest way of getting arrested is to break into a police station,” South Australia state police said in a statement on its website.
About A$2,000 ($1,340) of damage was caused and the boy was denied bail, the statement said.
A police spokesman added the youth did not give a reason for [...]
Vulcania Submarine — Projects by the Seriously Cool
2 Comments Published by Jason November 4th, 2008 in DIY, Gadgets, Great Men. Share ThisSometimes you are surfing the internet and run across something so frigging gosh-darn awesome you slap yourself in the head and say “I wish I was doing that!” Well, I wish I was working on projects with Pat Regan at Vulcania Submarine.
Having stumbled across his site, linked from a scubaboard forum, I was amazed. Regan [...]
A Christmas Story – Ultimate Collector’s Edition
0 Comments Published by Jason November 4th, 2008 in Movies. Share This“You’ll shoot your eye out, Kid!”
One of the greatest movies of all time, sure to bring groans of “Not that again!” from my family during the holidays, is A Christmas Story and over at Uncrate they’ve uncovered the Ultimate Collector’s Edition.
I wish it came with a Red Ryder BB gun.


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