That might be another version of the truth, but I can't see how that would be the only reason. The waters down here stay warm well into October or November, depending on the weather patterns.

Because there are, quite literally, billions of them, all over the place. That said, here in Charleston, SC (I can't speak for other areas) the local beds are closed in all months that don't contain an 'R', to let the beds rebuild themselves, breed, and stabilize the ecosystem. It's a great bit of ecological…

YES! I came to recommend Harvey Keitel, or at the least, Rodney Dangerfield!

And? I'm a Ford guy, but SBC all the things!

I'm still sad that they cancelled that show. It wasn't great, but it was entertaining as hell. Plus, Summer Glau as a kick ass Terminator.

I'm a GT guy. I will not buy an Ecoboost V6. I will only buy a GT.

SNAFU - Situation Normal: All Fucked Up.

Most likely, reductions in defense spending, or, should I say, the perceived reduction in defense spending is causing squadrons to reduce training hours, and it's having a major impact on readiness. I'd also wager that they're trying as hard as they can to reduce expenditures on maintenance, and they're deferring…

Please, this is far from just a FoxNews phenomena. Every major US news outlet is on about this, constantly. This is about the fear mongering, 24 hour news cycle. Everyone is overreacting to this, from dyed in the wool conservatives to hippie dippie liberals. Injecting race into this is ridiculous, and does nothing…

I don't necessarily think that Obama could do much more to reduce the risk of Ebola, other than actually restricting flights from the area, but that said, don't just drop the Reagan bit without any frame of reference. The NIH was funding HIV research as early as 1981, and it saw HUGE leaps in funding during the…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries != Mitsubishi Motors. Well, they're owned by the same conglomerate parent organization, but you get the picture.

I never wanted to listen to Tool or NIN back in the day because of all the bullshit associated with them, but now that I'm in my thirties, I really regret that line. I was all about punk and ska back then, and while I still love that stuff, my tastes have changed significantly through the years. Tool and NIN are…

Really, the only guys that could be counted as 'band members' for any length of time would be Charlie Clouser from TDS to The Fragile, and Atticus Ross from With Teeth through present.

From what I've heard, much of Filter's first album was actually stuff that Patrick had brought to Trent, and Trent either didn't like it, or didn't want to use it. Also, the Filter song 'Captain Bligh' is about Trent and how anti-social he was at the time.

Did someone watch 'The Sum of All Fears' and 'Air Force One' over the weekend?

I'm with you, man. Davey was awesome. I picked up with Ernie Irvan after that, until his terrible accident, then Jarrett. After that, I dropped off the NASCAR fanwagon for a bunch of years. I'm a casual watcher, now, and I'll root for whoever's in a Ford. Except Logano. I think he's a whiny bitch, a la, Mark…

I once heard that it costs a million bucks to pave one mile of two lane road. I don't know if that's true, but regardless, $2.2m is a drop in a very large bucket.

I was in Waldorf, back in June. A buddy of mine is at Dahlgren for BMD training (even though he's the guy that developed the course). I met him at a Peruvian restaurant, which was closed, so we got Thai instead. Most of the guys I knew that traveled to Dahlgren for installations stayed in Waldorf, because let's face…

All military branches are continuously upgrading their airframes, both structurally and electronically, to incorporate incremental, and sometimes exponential increases in capability. The B-52 is probably the best example of this. The last B-52H (the only model in service) was delivered in 1962, and they've been…