Allan McDonald has passed away. He tried to stop the Challenger launch… He was overruled… An engineer for the maker of the shuttle’s booster rockets, he opposed letting it take off, worried that cold weather might affect them. He was … Continue reading
Category Archives: Random stuff
From a side conversation about music and musicians on a mil-email string last night… It went from Bill Withers, who was in the Navy for nine years before he became a songwriter, to Glen Campbell and his song Universal Soldier. … Continue reading
Guests in town. Go read the folks on the sidebar… sorry…
As a former navigator, I have always been intrigued by the Antikythera mechanism, first found in 1905. There is a ‘new’ update on the findings and modeling that is definitely worth watching, although it’s 30 minutes long. It is HERE. … Continue reading
Why your food never looked this good… Gives a whole new meaning to the word staged… But motor oil on pancakes??? Really??? Sigh… … Continue reading
Strike once again in where else…California… A new “Hero Pay” mandate in Long Beach, California has inadvertently cost some frontline grocery workers their jobs. “Ralphs and Food 4 Less, both owned by the parent company Kroger, announced Monday that they … Continue reading
From Nick Saban… worth listening to… Nick Saban once told a room full of athletes and coaches that God gave you two ears and one mouth so you can "listen twice as much as you talk." Riveting speech under two … Continue reading
As a Neanderthal-American, I’m perfectly happy to be living in Texas… Just sayin’ And Toyota just keeps teasing us… If they ever sold the Hilux here, they would fly out the door! And for those who are ‘victims’ of Lucas … Continue reading
Got the WuFlu shot on Wednesday, felt like crap all day yesterday. A little better today. Problem is I can’t brain for anything, so you get ‘humor’… Except this one is oh so damn true… And this graphic is rather … Continue reading
No matter how bad your life is, it’s still not as bad as a person who sits around worrying about the gender of a plastic potato… And for you old farts, a Burma Shave. And I’ll leave you with this… … Continue reading