Rufus Blooter

For father's day, I got a meat slicer. I've not yet injured myself with it, but it's been great fun. Have sliced salami, bacon -...

Just read the first and last paragraphs of this article . That's it in a nutshell.

I went to my first ever cricket matches, taking in 2 double-headers as part of the Twenty20 World Cup. This version apparently offends puris...

is one of the blogs I link to on the left there, but I wanted to draw particular attention to it since Stephan has been on a tear the last ...

Great article on health care costs -- I'm still digesting it, but it's essential reading. Quite a few points to ponder. One of whic...

They really know how to minimize sympathy. This excellent song always seems to sum it up pretty well.

Yesterday I setup my grill for smoking, as recommended here . I don't have a good oven thermometer yet to leave in the grill, so I didn...

Parts of Anathem were inspired by the real-life clock project of the Long Now Foundation, which also inspired this excellent essay from Mic...

I'd mentioned earlier that one of my lenses -- a nikon 85mm f1.4 -- seemed to be worth more used now than when I'd bought it new ove...

I finally read Anathem. I'd pre-ordered it, as Neal Stephenson is one of my favorite authors, but then been overcome with dread once it ...

We were woken up by the cat jumping onto the bed, walking across us, and hunkering down into a sphinx position, purring loudly the whole tim...

"I just chopped my own hand off because it was possessed by a demon." "And I'm a PC." I like Justin Long. And I like...