Since some asshole spammer has been posting to the comments the last few days, I've disabled comments.
This doesn't mean I don't want to hear your opinions, however. Please send any comments you might have on any of these posts to stan (at) mentilucent dot net and I'll add them myself.

Here are some great photos!

Just for the record, I have NO control over the advertisements on the right-hand column. I notice they keep triggering on environmental keywords in my articles and then spewing a bunch of ads for global warming bull shit. Caveat emptor!

I'm on vacation with family and friends down in Florida... so posts will continue to be a bit more sporadic than normal. In the meantime, here are some gems I've tripped over in the last day or so:

Russian Helicopter Dancing

Diabetes Breakthrough?

Fast-healing Nanofiber bandages

I wonder what the insurance company had to say about this?

In any society, ours included, multi-ethnicity is a good thing, while multi-culturalism is evil.

My updates will be few and far between for the next two weeks as I'm on the road. Please feel free to suggest or comment and I will get to them as soon as I can.

Here is a list of the TOP 100 Automobiles in the World, based on reliability over the last ten years.

I put together a gallery of some of my photographs that you may enjoy. Feel free to use them for your own private wallpaper, but no commercial use without written permission.

The next time someone tells you intlligent design is the answer and evolution is a poorly-supported myth... go over this link to 15 answers to creationist bs with them.

Kinky Friedman is running for govenor. I must admit, I kinda like his style. Too bad he hasn't a chance with the amount of money the powers-that-be can bring to bear.

Here is a VERY interesting usage of computer technology for writers. It's a Visual Thesaurus.

This is just a very useful site that shows how to tie various knots. This skillset is really useful!

Ever get really frustrated with endless computer steps when trying to do business on the phone? Well, here is how to get a real human on the line for more than 300 companies.

My thanks to Denny for sending me this link to some pretty useful free PDF files!

While certain online bookstores have become iconic, I was just turned on to isbn.nu which is much more oriented toward readers rather than shoppers. How so? Well, not only do they compare prices, list books by their individual printing, list special limited editions, and have information on the status of the publisher's print runs -- you can go directly to any book by using the ISBN number as the URL. For instance:http://isbn.nu/0553588486.
Thanks, Evan!