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Junkbox, Episode DVDV... I need a full time job. Bury me not on the lone prairie (Link broken and memory fails me) (Thanks, Derek) When...

The continuing housing bust... I'm demo-ing a mini-excavator.  Besides being cuter than a speckled pup, I've semi-convinced myself...

We're betting on default... After pondering some deep ponders, we are girding our loins for a default by the US Treasury , to be follo...

The privilege... Of being a grandfather . Vovô from Luiz Lafayette Stockler on Vimeo . Father's Day is coming up, BTW. [via ...

Something's fishy... If not actually rotten in the state of Denmark.  I been spending some time with friends from DK over the last few...

This oughta be good... Tim Pawlenty, trying to avoid the "Newt takeoff" , could be about to repeat .  If he does what he's s...

World's Worst... Hunting beagle . [ Source ]

FMD... May not be the panic-maker it used to be. The mass culling of cattle to control outbreaks of foot and mouth disease may soon be ...

It doesn't get any easier... If you use AgWeb, you may know by now of the tragic death of Lindsay Hill , who was just beginning what c...

Arctic ice update... Basically, it's slip-sliding away .  [ Source ] I realize the disappearance of the all Arctic ice would not ...

Tillage experiment... We're testing a vertical tillage tool from Kongskilde (disclosure: I am on the board of directors) .  It seems...

Had a bad day?... Here are about two minutes of distraction . [via sullivan]

Hence the name... This is box-turtle-road-crossing season around here, so I thought his might make them feel better: a three-toed sloth zi...

Meanwhile, back at the bank... The small thump you heard yesterday was the US Treasury hitting the debt limit . As expected by most, the s...

Everything you need to know... About the great economic philosophy debate now raging. FWIW, I think this overall is remarkably accura...

September excitement... After my post about falling global crop yields, a friend in PA sent this note: After church I was approached ...

Yeah, I need me... One of these...

Junkbox, Episode 0.VIII"... Things that go bump in the day as well. Zombie ants (truly ghastly) Maybe not shale gas Mon Dieu! We ...

The rich aren't different... After all. I have struggled to follow the line of reasoning that raising the top marginal tax rates will ...

What is with this low pressure system?... We seem to be stuck in a immobile storm system that features heavy overcast skies, occasional sh...