Happy Anniversary! Now where's my flying car?

I have a test model that I'm going to put on eBay:

Retroencabulator by Rockwell Automation Systems

ABC News: Mysterious Object Keeps Shuttle Crew in Orbit

Gotta get me one of these!

WickedLasers.com

A guy in England figured that meant kids can hear things adults can't - specifically, very high frequencies. He created a device that pulses an annoying tone at about 15,000 Hz with the idea that when the device is used, it will repel kids while being unnoticed by adult. Perfect for solving that youth-loitering problem you've been having in front of your shop.

Read more here. 

Well, not yet, but Peter Diamandis has a better chance than anyone else.

Diamandis, the driving force behind the $10 million X Prize for private spaceflight, just won the first-ever Heinlein Prize, endowed by the estate of the late science-fiction writer and visionary Robert Heinlein and his wife, Ginny.

More info on the $500,000 prize is here. 

I used to blog at ogblog.crossroadusa.com. Over the course of a year or so, I generated a few hundred posts. Lots of them were complete copies of articles and columns written by other people, notably Thomas Sowell, Cal Thomas, and Walter Williams. Their current work, as well as archives, can be found at TownHall.com. Since I still enjoy reading their work, you can expect to find quotes and excerpts here at Acme Anvil Co., too.

My main subjects were politics, culture and religion, but the posts that generated the most traffic were about Jason Macer (Jason Blair Macer) and the OSI Hosting scandal in Texarkana.

Davey Shafik tells a more comprehensive story at:
The Truth Behind OSI Hosting
The Truth Behind OSI Hosting - Part II
The Truth Behind OSI Hosting - Part III
The Truth Behind OSI Hosting - Part IV
The Truth Behind OSI Hosting - Part V

Davey has several links back to my old site, and I apologize for messing those up. And I'd like to state again that I've never met Jason Macer (Jason Blair Macer) and I have nothing against him - I just didn't want the Texarkana region to be mis-characterized as populated with gullible hicks. I sincerely hope he finds a more suitable outlet for his talents.