The U.S. Armed Forces K9 Units are now sporting custom doggie kevlar vests that protect against small arms fire and stab wounds. The article has a couple pics of current kevlared K9s in Iraq. I think this is GREAT! I also had to laugh at the following comment: “It has to be pretty disheartening to fight a war against forces who can afford armor for their pets. ”
Astronomy Cartoons
Muscial Poetry
Starting off another new section though I’m not 100% on the name. Back in the day, men sat around and thought about stuff and coined some of the wisdom they found into poetic verse. While this is an art that is quickly being cordoned off to Academia, I feel that the void left by this old art losing its original purpose has been filled by another. Modern day poets have turned bard as they set their prose to music and get their message out to the masses.
I will put forth the best of these for reflection and enjoyment. To earn the right to be here, you must posses both musical and lyrical excellence.
Black Eyed Peas: Where Is The Love
I am starting off with a hip-hop song released last summer. You can’t help but bob your head to the beat of this song. Just like you can’t deny the realities put forth in the lyrics about this world in which we live.
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Scott: On Reviews
I wanted to touch on my review style now, so that later on people don’t accuse me of loving everything I review. I will rarely have mediocre reviews on this site, because I will rarely take the time to review mediocre products. If you want mediocre reviews, try Google. There are alreay many sites out there with entire budgets and staff devoted to reviewing anything they can get their hands on (often for free and early from manufacturers that want some press to push out with their latest). ScottSoapbox.com however has not (yet) sold out to the product review machine. I will usually only post reviews of products that I have encountered along life’s journey that are SO excellent (or terrible) as to necessitate my proclaiming them to all the masses… So you might say that I am more of a product evangelist than an a simple reviewer.
The one caveat to this would be: restaurants. I tend to review a wider range of restaurants than other products. Why? Because restaurants are different… trust me, they just are. Restaurant reviews falling more into the mediocre category will tend to take longer to make it to print as seen in the below review of Conners.