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Notes for newbies... Perhaps you are reading my blog for the first time . Thank you. To help you understand how I try to use this medium, h...

This, too, is your mind on drugs... A week later, the little white pills arrived in the post. I sat down and took one 200mg tablet with a gl...

For all the Country Church Salute fans... This is the way to mark the relocation of a church . Serious sopranos, gorgeous landscape, and a t...

How good is your forecast?... We've all suspected our favorite weather forecast may not be as good as others. For example, Itellicast...

No news today... I dunno - this compilation of the end of news shows was kinda calming.

Noteworthy, but... Not enough time for a full post . This means, of course, that the more you remember something, the less accurate the memo...

It's over... Unlike some , I know when I'm beaten. The 2008 Farm Bill passed the House with a veto-proof majority. While I am dis...

Rained out?... Build a homemade arc-welder . (Ya gotta love this one) Build a Microwave Transformer Homemade Stick/Arc Welder I had no idea...

Numbers can look so real... Few things are more comforting to our rational minds than neat rows of numbers and logical calculations. Becau...

Pull my finger... I know this is probably morally wrong, bordering on bullying, and insensitive... but... at least no carbon was released. [...

While we were watching corn prices... The Fed did something astonishing . While we noticed, we didn't really see what it meant. In Dec...

There is a sport for everyone... But just who it would be for cheese-racing , I don't want to know. Introduction Q: What do you think ha...

The problem with the oil bubble... Some observers are starting to chance predictions of a collapse in oil prices , but is it really a "...

Another reason I am bearish... On production agriculture employment . Ag is just sticking its toe in the pools of state-of-the-art technol...

Timing is everything, Chapter 21... Just what you need for the perfect Father's Day gift : Beer soap . Except it sold out last week. [v...

China changes everything... In an obvious good business move, China is encouraging its newly wealthy investors to buy farmland in other cou...

The Engineer's Guide to Cats... For Jack and Kristi. [via Monkey Cage]

Digits are destiny... A great debate is going on in the economic and investor community about the status of the American housing market. Has...

A new high score for cynicism... Although I agree with almost all of his points , this list of Top Ten Modern Myths was a sobering read. A...

Omens and Portents of Doom... If this isn't a sign of the End of Days, I'm sending back my Official Oracle Certification I got on t...