"I still have to see how much of the neighborhood I can burn down and do what I like doing best: killing people."

Wrote William Spengler Jr., 62, after ambushing and killing 2 firefighters who arrived at a fire he set. “There was no motive in the note. T...

"A man accused of desecrating the Koran was burned alive by a mob at a Pakistani police station..."

"The unnamed man was a traveller who spent Thursday night at a mosque in Seeta, in the southern Sindh province, local imam Maulvi Memon...

If we truly care deeply about the death of young children...

... what are the most effective things we can do? There's so much talk about gun control in the aftermath of the Newtown massacre, but r...

"Stanley Hill, who supervises a food stand that has been located near the structure for 18 years, said he noticed smoke coming from Big Tex's neck area..."

"... and then watched for about 15 minutes as the giant cowboy burned." More images of the fire: #RIPbigtex .

"The irony here is that the argument for setting these areas aside as national forests and parks was... to protect them from fire..."

"Instead, over time they became the major habitat for free-burning fire." So instead of a few dozen trees per acre, the Southweste...

The Tony Robbins fire-walkers who got burned must have slowed down and stopped.

Just keep moving and you won't get hurt. Don't blame Tony Robbins. Blame those losers who didn't do it right. Thousands particip...

"Tony Robbins event ends in disaster as 21 people are treated for burns after walking on 2,000-degree hot coals."

"Robbins was hosting a four-day gathering called 'Unleash the Power Within.'" Unleash the stupidity within. Witnesses say ...

"Monster wildfire rages in Colorado..."

Story... photos... video....

"We have to fight the dangerous streams in culture, the consumerism and narcissism and me-ism that erode the borders of our moral culture."

"We can’t put shallow celebrity before core decency. We have to have a deeper faith in the human spirit. As they say, he who has the he...

What caused the "Dark Day" — on May 19, 1780?

It was not a solar eclipse. With little scientific knowledge amongst the populace in 1780, people would have been afraid. Some lawmakers i...

Weed Searing.

It's Meade versus weed in this searing story of a man and his blowtorch:

"The city of Portland snow globe tried to burn my house down."

"Apparently when the sun came out - the 15 minutes it showed this year - it hit this globe and created a magnifying effect on the back ...

"I will not make you a slave, you will live in my 200 story castle where unicorn servants will feed you doughnuts off their horns."

You are "'more awesome than a monkey wearing a tuxedo made out of bacon riding a cyborg unicorn with a lightsaber for the horn on t...

Romney says "I’m not willing to light my hair on fire to try and get support. I am who I am."

WaPo reports: Romney suggested that Santorum was winning the support of the GOP’s most conservative voters with “incendiary,” “outrageous” a...

"Man catches fire while watching porn at San Francisco sex shop; vic ran out 'engulfed in flames.'"

"An employee told police the man was watching a movie in the back of the store when he ran out screaming and on fire..."

In the UK, a 15-year-old girl is arrested for burning the Koran — and posting a video of her conduct/speech on Facebook.

This is happening in the U.K.! It is thought the girl, who lives in the Sandwell Council area, was allegedly filmed setting the booklet alig...

Neil Young's hybrid car emits some serious carbon.

It bursts into flames and destroys a million dollars worth of his memorabilia. This is like that story about the reusable shopping bags that...

"There were no chimneys up until about 14th century. What you did was you had an open fire..."

"... and all the smoke just kind of leaked out a hole in the roof. A fire in the middle of the room radiates heat much better than a fi...

At the Meadhouse Campsite... in Blue Mounds.

The accommodations... at dawn. From the inside: The ring of fire... at breakfast: A morning tablescape: A vintage label: Was your sleeping b...

I overblogged yesterday. 14 posts.

Surely, you haven't read them all. I'm not going to weigh them down just yet with a lot of new material on top. I'd rather call ...