El Pollo Real

Trooper York puked all over my last cocktail comment thread, complaining that the Aviation sounded too sweet. Such a bitter blogfather. I...

 100 Years of Naval Aviation-San Diego (2/9/11)* OK, this one is a real favorite of ours. Ingredients : 1-1/2 oz gin 1/2 oz mar...

Here's the problem in a nutshell: Elements 1 through 20 are theoretically  supposed to build molecular structure using just those sph...

I hung the crown molding! I'm starting a new series here which will present my favorite cocktail recipes. I would appreciate any su...

Fortunately science, like that nature to which it belongs, is neither limited by time nor by space. It belongs to the world, and is of no c...

Point : Overwhelming scientific evidence shows that CO 2 emissions from fossil fuels have caused the climate to change, and a dramatic red...

Dr. Chu :  Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe. Mr. Obama : Well I won't raise th...

 Rock Salt (Halite)  If word histories made any sense, saltpeter should be rock salt. But instead rock salt is halite ....

  Let us take the Road.  Hark! I hear the Sound of Coaches! The Hour of Attack approaches, To your Arms, brave Boys, and loa...

Probably the most ruthless thing I ever did to another fellow American happened on Easter. The time and place: a small village in Alsace-L...

The word potassium came from the Dutch word "potash" literally referring to the substance left behind in the kettle or pot when...

Argon : From the Greek word αργον, neut. of αργος [argos] "idle," from α- "without" + εργον "work." = laz...

Hey, willst Du mal ein Bierwitz hören? Ja klar! Mir ge veltins ! Ach! Ich hab' ein Binding hautentzündung! Was? Bist Du Licher ? ...

1995 was tough year. My father died in February of that year. It also seemed to be the decade's low point for new released music--I mea...

Emperor Caligula's Pleasure Craft? [note how small the men are in the photo] I'd been to Lago di Nemi in Italy and I even knew...

In a chemical compound, a carbon atom that has 5 bonds and does not exist in practice - Carbon bonds usually only have 4 bonds. Created from...

Muriatic Acid: a synonym for hydrochloric acid. Muriatic † pert. to brine; ‘marine’ (acid), hydrochloric. XVII. — L. muriāticus, f. muria b...

--Otto Dix Sturmtruppe geht unter Gas vor  (1924) Gas! GAS! Quick, boys! – An ecstasy of fumbling, Fitting the clumsy helmets j...

Laser-powered destruction of boats and ships was all predicted by Hanna-Barbera's  Jonny Quest  back in 1964.  Check out the entire ser...

My parents had a vinyl LP as old as me (1960) called Louis Prima Digs Keely Smith.   One of the songs,  Zooma Zooma Baccala, amused me an...