The Town Scryer

  In Bavaria, each Assumption day (August 15), The fishermen take to Lake Staffelsee to engage in the time honored sport of Fischerstechen, or Fishermen Joust. From Wikipedia: … Read more

I went to see the film “Captain America” the other day. Several of my friends had been raving about it and the trailer looked promising. I was pleasantly … Read more

  During World War II there was great interest in finding a way to reliably steer a missile to a target. However, the guided missile was still in the … Read more

  This May the head of St. Vitalis of Assisi, the patron saint of genital disease, was sold at auction for about $5,000 (3,500 Euro). This brings to … Read more

The Chinese media has reported on an extraordinary account of a mother bear saving her cub from a life of torture by strangling it and then killing itself. … Read more

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.  ~George Bernard Shaw Patriotism, the virtue of the vicious.  … Read more

(Reuters) – Up to 150 students at a Missouri high school that ordered “Slaughterhouse-Five” pulled from its library shelves can get a free copy of the novel, courtesy … Read more

Richard Handl of Sweden was fascinated by nuclear fission. Unlike most of us, he missed the “Don’t try this at home.” note at the bottom with the little … Read more

If you have a male dog it has happened to you. You boss is over for dinner…or perhaps it is the minister’s wife,. Everything is going fine until … Read more

     That is a rough translation of the first line of the German military funeral hymn. “Ich hatt einen Kameraden.” It is also the funeral hymn of … Read more