A View from the Beach

A new scandal has broken and is still wending it's way through the press and blogs.  It seems a number of papers and a memo were release...

I don't think we have that brand at Beuhler's. A couple of extra bottle openers always come in handy. At last, a flu-wracked...

The crazy is strong in this one... Police in Kentucky arrested a man last Thursday after they found him completely covered in chocolate and ...

Four dead in avalanches at Stevens and Snoqualmie passes "It didn't look bad from our perspective," said Michelson, who was st...

EPA evaluates Chesapeake Bay plans An Environmental Protection Agency official says West Virginia has made the most improvement on its Chesa...

Smart buoys, oyster restoration, and education programs whacked The Chesapeake Bay's long-suffering "smart" buoys , which have...

Jessica Hart - Prince Casiraghi's corner Monaco prince hospitalized after 'drunken brawl over supermodels in Manhattan' Princ...

Man Trapped In Car for Two Months in Sub-Zero Temperatures Survives By 'Hibernating Like a Bear' Why Bears Hiberante UMEA, Swede...

The Daily Caller today released a power point presentation in which the Rockefeller Foundation proposed to coordinate and fund media campai...

I've added a few new blogs to the my blogroll, the list of "Blogs I Read" on the right hand side, the main reason being gratit...

The passage of the "Great President's Day Snow Storm of 2012 (Not)" left us with a typical post storm day, windy, cold and cle...

Well, the great winter snowstorm of Presidents Day, 2012 fizzled out almost completely.  We had a little snow in the air last night after th...

Video in German, but no translation required.

Forget to pack your toothbrush on that trip to the great barrier reef?  No problem, let the Cleaner Wrasse do it for you!

The Story of the destroyer USS Willaim D. Porter In a few short years during WWII it managed to: 1.  Nearly wreck a nearby neighboring s...

We were supposed to be getting a winter storm today, although the forecasts kept moving the rain and snow away from us.  It was cloudy and w...

John Fairfax, Who Rowed Across Oceans, Dies at 74 Damn you, Ann!

Or a few little bits of it anyway: Obama Gives 7 Oil-Rich Islands to Russia: Secret GiveAway – Alaska Not Consulted It appears that the St...

Criminal Child Neglect and "Free Range Kid": Is Overprotective Parenting the New Standard of Care? A major article on the growth ...

Queen of Sheba's Lost Gold Mine Discovered? A British archaeologist claims she may have uncovered the treasure mine from which the fable...