Kahomono - Still Lucky After All These Years

So far in the US, in 2015: 353 mass shootings (as of the 337th day of the year). 462 dead. 1,312 injured. All stats derived directly from Mass Shooting Tracker. (Why do we even have a site called Mass Shooting Tracker?) I am going to drop…

The excellent Next Draft email newsletter by Dave Pell pops into my inbox every weekday afternoon with ten items culled from the day's events and interesting postings on the Net. Today, item two was titled, "Shooting Story Goes Here". Apparently that is part of the template…

You have heard of the Man box Today I learned (TIL) that THIS is a thing. Thanks (I think) to Drew.

Do you ever hear - or partake of - conversations like this one? In our local hobby chat room, Al said, "Lost cable about 45 minutes ago. What do I do now? And yes, she paid the bill. Not that I didn't ask. That's why I am out…

Here is what I have learned this year about terrorism. It's not terrorism if the shooter is white. It's only terrorism if the shooter is brown or black. It's not terrorism if the criminal identifies as Christian or Jewish. It's only terrorism if the criminal identifies as…