Amazing Helicopter Photos from Afghanistan

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The photos in Michael Yon’s blog are amazing, as are his stories posted from Afghanistan.   I cropped the image above only for more detail in this post.

[Found link here.]

“We’re having leftovers for supper tonight. Okay with everyone?”

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“Whaddya like: Ragoût de Tortue, Farcite Tartaruga or Tortuga tacos?”

Be sure to check the expiration dates.

[Found here.]

TR Spoofed by VE

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VE has been posting parodies of  sites on his blogroll, and today is our roasting.   More here.

Other news:  The computer at TR Headquarters threw a fit over the weekend, and I spent most of Saturday trying every trick in the toolbox, occasionally getting it to boot without crashing, only to have it crash again. No virus detected, and resetting the system worked only temporarily.

Yesterday I took it into the hospital. I’m hoping that it’s nothing worse than a failed power supply.

[Update:  The hospital called a while a go.  Corrupted sectors on the hard drive.  We’re talking reformat city. Crap.]

Super Dude

 

Dude, um, that ain’t no “Saturday Night Special.”

[Found here.]

Saturday Matinee – ’65, ’66 & ’67

Folks, we had some odd computer problems today, so we had to throw this together at the last minute.

Hello Vancouver!

1965, Doug Sahm & the Sir Douglas Quintet.

1966 Yardbirds.  That was the same year Dad bought a set of the World Book Encyclopedia. The cellophane inserts  showing frog anatomy were very cool.

1967, crappy sound, but it’s the Blues Magoos.

1967, and Stephen Stills was only 22 in this video.  I was into Big Daddy Roth and Mad Magazine.  Oh, man.  Seems like it was just February.

The .Gif Friday Post No.92 – Cinderella

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Tor of the Power Mowers

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Nice PowerBrella, Tor, but what have you done with Sister Starfire?

[Found here.]

Brain-Bat Man Bitch-Slapped on Basic Grammar

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“It’s ‘HAS slipped in,’ you moron! Not ‘HIS!’

What a great comeback.
[Found here. Hypnogoria is an amazing site. Related posts here and here.]

Flying Half-Eaten Applebird

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[Found here.]

Job Security

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[Found here.]