Yep, when I go to Michie Stadium at West Point, that's exactly what I do before reaching the metal detectors.

I'm going to make a bumper sticker that says, "I Have Firearms to Declare," and put it right next to the one on my truck that says, "Insured by Smith & Wesson."

Great photo! But, I have to ask, how is the canal a "funnel for world commerce," since I assume that goods are going both ways? Seems like more of a "tight squeeze for commerce." Or maybe it's actually two funnels mated at their spouts?

"...[A] former coach, a police officer from England and a college professor from Texas..." walk into a bar...

Nice cross-cultural humor.

Hmmm, maybe they did mean to survey the Americas, but just forgot to leave out the plate from the Isla Grande del Tierra del Fuego, noted for its elegant, yet powerful simplicity.

Starworthy, IMHO.

Park that side of the car away from view.

Yes, I know a woman like that. One time she sent around a warning (from the other side of the continent) about gangs planting car seats with a doll strapped in on road shoulders to lure unsuspecting Good Samaritans as victims of initiation rites.

It would more likely mean "Slow down; cop ahead," because I doubt a driver could influence a peace officer's rate of speed.

...or it could mean, "Where the heck is that wiper switch on this rental?!?"

A variation of this was in fact a highwayman's ploy some time ago in St. Maarten. Brigands would spy older patrons leaving a casino late at night and bump their car on a desolate western road, feigning an accident in order to get them to stop. Or so I was told.

Tingly feet.

Look closely. There needs to be more engineering and less drifting in that cosmodrome.

Deleted. [Just like the trumpeting fan.]

Yet another device on which folks can play solitaire.

Let the spec ops fellas loose, and you won't need all that heavy lifting later.

There are some spec ops fellows on a Killer Egg who would like to have a word with you.

I'll bite.

1) Um, wrong blog. Take a left and head for Helicolopnik. Leave the avionics for Gizmodo.