This post at D.A. Confidential includes a link to a list of "The 6 Most Badass Skills You Can Learn in Under a Week." Skill number 4 is lock picking, and the article refers to a Lock Picking School In A Box. which sounds like something you could make yourself by taking a lock apart. I've always been fascinated by things like lock picking and safe cracking, and maybe some … [Read more...] about Adventures in Avvo: Scene 2 – Take 1
Illinois’s Crazy Ex-Governor…
...is still crazy: Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he's "blacker than Barack Obama" and tells Esquire magazine that he was a real person in a political arena dominated by phonies. Blagojevich, referring to the president as "this guy," says Obama was elected based simply on hope. "What the (expletive)? Everything he's saying's on the teleprompter," Blagojevich told … [Read more...] about Illinois’s Crazy Ex-Governor…
Dollhouse Episode 2.11: “Getting Closer”
What the fuck? No, really, what the fuck? … [Read more...] about Dollhouse Episode 2.11: “Getting Closer”
The TSA as Child Porn Ring
Here's an angle on the TSA's new full-body imaging that I wish I'd thought of: Wouldn't a full-body image of someone under the age of 18 be child pornography as a matter of law? Maybe. … [Read more...] about The TSA as Child Porn Ring
2009 in Review
I like to end each year with a review of some of the things I've been posting about. I don't know if any of you care, but it's always interesting to me to see where I've been. This year I expected the pickings to be pretty slim because of all the turmoil surrounding and following my parents' passing, but it turns out I wrote quite a bit. In fact, here at Windypundit, 2009 was … [Read more...] about 2009 in Review