The Jesus nut

Do you know this term?  I didn’t.  I encountered it this morning, and have mentally caressed it ever since.  I love it. The Jesus nut secures the main rotor assembly to a helicopter.  It’s typically pretty massive, as you might imagine.  Here is a photograph of one: The etymology seems to be that if you … Read more

Thursday miscellanea #108

All 33 Chilean miners are out, rescued from over two months spent nearly half a mile beneath the surface.  Wow.  How spectacular for them.  What a wonderful perspective restorative for us.  Want to tell me how rotten your day was again? The boys like these V8 Fusion drinks, which are clever delivery systems for a … Read more

“…we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular.” – Barack Obama

Hey, guess what?  It seems that three weeks from a historic midterm pasting, President Obama is realizing he has a serious problem with the electorate. Is it that we tire of his ceaseless arrogance?  That we resent his Chicago-style mob tactics?  That we find his ultra-leftist, hyper-intrusive “transformation” of America offensive and totally incompatible with … Read more

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