Miscellaneous

Supposedly, on top of the Empire State building. I suffer from vertigo, but I think I'd rather be the upside-down guy 100 stories in the sky than the dude in the middle on the ground.

The world's most expensive Lego brick, made out of 14 karat gold, just sold online for $15,000. The new owner says he's pleased to add it to his collection and it just got vacuumed up by his mom.

Miscellaneous Rambling The one thing I can say in support of allowing Muslim immigrants: They have a much better chance of converting to Christianity here than they do in their countries (where they would face things like, you know, decapitation if they converted). Al Kresta had a segment last week

Miscellaneous Rambling I haven't followed the immigration order as much as I ought, but I had to listen to a man I respect express concern with it because, among other things, it hurts the farmers. I didn't know what to say in response, so I just

Welcome to Super Sunday. I have to admit: I'm not much of a fan. Oh sure, I'll watch it, at least the first half, but I simply don't care much about the game itself. It's more of a cultural event for me

I've long been puzzled (party intrigued) by Russell Kirk's belief in ghosts. This passage from a 1949 letter of his doesn't help, but I find it interesting. It was written during his time at St. Andrews, when he wrote The Conservative Mind: "The

BYCU My first "real" hobby--one that lasted longer than a few months--was beer-can collecting. It was the rage among boys in the 1970s. I had some pretty good stuff, including a private-label beer (a rare thing back then), called "Draught Courage," brewed by Ted Turner, who

Grover Cleveland: “Our interference in the revolution of 1893 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overthrow_of_the_Kingdom_of_Hawaii] was disgraceful,” and the absorption of these Pacific islands would be “a perversion of our national mission.” When Hawaii was annexed, Cleveland announced himself “ashamed of the whole affair.” Well,

All the talk about California secession [https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-campaign-secede-gains-momentum-030236966.html] prompted me to pick up Bill Kauffman's Bye, Bye Miss American Empire, a (probably?) quixotic look at how the U.S. could break into a group of smaller countries. He dedicates most of a chapter