Our house was used for dive bombing training. There were no dummy bombs, they were practicing the maneuver. I was just a kid and I loved it. The chickens didn't. I think the planes were the A 24 Dauntless. Dad finally called and complained. Around that time he was doing work on the pilot's harness for the Delta Dart. I remember him mentioning a pilot's body passing through the harness. They had issues with the ejection seat killing pilots.

But nothing beats the bouquet of a hog farm in August

If you've ever been downwind from a feedlot, you'd prefer horse meat.

I'm sure the beef industry would not appreciate competition. I'm amazed we can get buffalo.

This is what deregulation is all about. They want to feed you any kind of crap without having any oversight. Without regulation it will be difficult to trace from where the pathogens came.

Fecal matter from mechanical processing.

It depends on the cut and the skill of the chef. I've had horse and it was lean but tasty. The best wild meat I've had is feral pig. Buffalo comes in second, venison third, and elk comes in last. The elk was tough. Again, it could have been the cut and how it was prepared that caused the shoe leather texture. Rabbit is good meat. It is very efficient at turning plant matter into protein. Goat is excellent, and so is bullfrog. Bluegill cooked over a camp fire is as good as it gets.

Iran would be very interested. At this time they have no means to deliver a nuke sized payload. Iran must be suicidal.

Take several devices under different accounts. When you reach your limit on all devices, text to the office and they then tweet your text.

On the Road, gave me permission to step away from society. "Fahrenheit 451" Ray Bradbury. This book made me an avid reader. "Stranger in a Strange Land" By Robert Heinlein made me more willing to disobey authority. "100 Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez showed that you can love a book with all your heart. "Politics of Experience" RD Laing changed the way understand others. "The Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein pushed me even more to the left politically. Orhan Pamuk, Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood are fucking awesome.

My first thought was IceWM.

Tablets offer too many distractions. Every time the e-mail dings, your attention is drawn away from reading. I have an iPad and love it, but my Kindle has become my primary reading device.

Thank you. I guess the link was /.'d. Al

The link is broken

I second that and recommend the followup "The Year of the Flood" by Margaret Atwood I also enjoyed "The Windup Girl" by Paolo Bacigalupi "Canticle" was very good too, but it seemed more into the politics of the future than the science.