Stonekettle Station

Saturday, March 27, 2010, Robert Krentz was out checking fences and water lines on the 35,000-acre ranch his family has worked since 1907. ...

Folks, I’ve been hellishly busy the last week or so and haven’t much had time to write. Today continues that trend. So, instead of a pos...

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I get mail. Lately I’ve been getting mail from Tea Party people. Sometimes I respond, because it amuses me to do so. Allow me to share a rec...

  For the first time ever, astronomers have directly observed an actual extra-solar planet. Previous extra-solar worlds have been detected...

It's 4:30 in the morning. Why am I awake at this unholy hour? Because my son is leaving on a school overnighter to Valdez this morning a...

Beef Bacon… …is not my new favorite bacon.   Don’t get me wrong here, it tastes like bacon (with sort of a smoky beef jerky undertone...

I thought you might like to see how I spent my Saturday.   As long time readers know, in addition to lathe work I also do custom woodwor...

Best Air Guitar song? I’m going with this:   Great acoustic guitar, plus bongos. Seriously, it’s the perfect air band song.   A...

When I first joined the military, we didn’t have a lot of options when it came to force. For the most part, there was either deadly force ...

The Bush Doctrine is alive and well in the GOP. You’re not familiar with the Bush Doctrine? The Bush Doctrine in a nutshell: Find a bogy...

  As is turned out, those were the droids we were looking for. We went to see the Star War exhibit at the newly expanded Museum in A...

You know what makes me laugh? Flying cars. You know, those flying cars we were supposed to have up here in the futuristic George Jetson 21st...

  In 2006, US Marine Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder was killed in Iraq. His body was brought home to Baltimore for burial with honors. ...

I did not get an iPad today.  I will probably never get an iPad.  The whole idea of the iPad fills me with a huge giant enormous feeling...