Who runs barter town?

This 50s-era Soviet superplane looks straight out of a Mad Max movie. I imagine this is where the main antagonist would have his base (which coincidentally, are all belong to us). More photos at Raw File.

Deployed much later in 1987, this more contemporary behemoth, called the Lun, was an improvement over the previous model. It remained in service until the 1990s, when it was mothballed by the Russian military. The once-fearsome Lun will likely never fly again and is now little more than a chunk of aerodynamic scrap metal.

Random reading

One of my regular time wasters/autodidact activities is the ‘Random Article’ button on Wikipedia. Seriously, if you have any sense of curiosity just go there, hit it a few times and see what you find.

Sure, the facts in some Wikipedia articles are at times dubious, but for the most part you’d be surprised at what sorts of random Jeopardy knowledge you can pick up after a few rounds of random Wikipedia articles.

Funny moments in stereotypes

I was waiting for a delivery from IKEA, and when the guys came to deliver this small but funny interaction took place:

IKEA guy (attempting to make small talk): So what’s up, you’re not watching the game?

I have no TV right now.

Me: Nope

Delivery guy looks over at computer and sees World of Warcraft on the screen, and the other two computers I have on the desk.

IKEA guy: Oh.

Goes back to dropping off boxes.

I wanted to explain that I’m not a total non-sports person, but by then they were gone. That gave me a chuckle though.

My first year

Spoon

Like I said before, this week marks one year being in Minnesota and at my job. I’m really surprised it’s already been a year, it went by so fast.

It doesn’t seem that long ago I was driving my little car packed with all of my belongings toward my new home.

Hmm, now what?