200 years ago…

This 21 year old’s book was first published… And the rest is history.  Anybody have a guess???

A question…

Well, actually a couple of them… Who is paying the bills for these kids to rent buses to go to Tallahassee? Who is flying them around? Who got them access to the pols? Who is coordinating these supposedly ‘spontaneous’ demonstrations? … Continue reading

He went big…

Gotta give Musk credit, he went big, and damn near everything worked… Falcon X heavy went off without any major problems day before yesterday, after some pad delays due to wind vectors. Two out of three rockets were recovered on … Continue reading

Stuff…

Typewriter They had been up in the attic together doing some cleaning. The kids uncovered an old manual typewriter and asked her, “Hey Mom…what’s this?” “Oh…that’s an old typewriter,” she answered, thinking that would satisfy their curiosity. “Well what does it do?” they asked. “I’ll show … Continue reading

Sometimes…

Ya just gotta laugh… There are K-9s and then there are k-9s… I don’t care who you are, that’s funny! 🙂 On a different note, there are some amazing technologies being tested for aircraft to make them more stable, more … Continue reading

Isn’t THAT interesting…

Apparently, Larry Nasser was just the tip of the iceberg of sexual assault at Michigan State. Michigan State University claimed, to all and sundry they have properly handled all sexual assault, violence and gender discrimination complaints. But… ESPN’s Outside the … Continue reading

Sigh…

Those who do not read/study history… Selfies are NOT a new thing… They didn’t start with the advent of digital cameras/cellphones… Care to guess what year the ‘first’ selfie was taken? And another question- What iconic car debuted today in … Continue reading

Well, well, well…

Isn’t THAT speshul… And really ‘curious’, that five months worth of texts between Fibbies Strzok and Page from, Dec 17, 2016 and May 17, 2017 are missing… The Justice Department acknowledged the lapse in records in turning over 384 pages … Continue reading

I gotta brag…

On one of my friends… 12 years, 5200 hours (conservatively), and a VERY patient wife… He designed and fabricated the dash and center console, plus the wiring harness, and that was just the start of it! Designed the stereo system … Continue reading

Is it just me???

Or has anybody else noticed a slow down in the Intarwebz? All day yesterday, both at work and at home, web pages were slow to load, comments were taking 30-45 seconds to post, and I was getting timeouts on some … Continue reading