Now it’s Fagradalsfjall in Iceland! This is about 8nm from Keflavik!!!
The Icelandic Met Office has just reported that an eruption has begun at Fagradalsfjall, long expected to be the location of a possible volcanic eruption. This eruption is being called Geldingadalsgos, after Geldingardalur, the valley where the eruption is taking place.
Full article, HERE. Now the real question is, will the Icelandic fire department get called in again???
Robert Bidinotto (author of the bestselling Dylan Hunter thriller series on Amazon) posted this on FB on the 15th… Bold is what caught my eye.
Humor was acceptable…
And both sides could sit down and enjoy dinner and entertainment…
Had to add a Taclight to my EDC…
And there is beauty and then there is ‘functional’ beauty…
I ‘believe’ this a J.P. Sauer and Sohn (can’t confirm that) Vierling from the mid-19th or early 20th century. The four rounds are .22 hornet, two 8×57, and one .20 gauge. Probably in the $15-20,000 range.
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 right.
Full article, HERE.
RIP Mr. McDonald, your legacy of honesty and perseverance will live forever.
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.
And a discussion about his ability to play multiple instruments, including his famous instrumental duet with Roy Clark on Hee Haw back in the day.
But this one takes the cake. He also knew how to play the bagpipes! I’d never seen this one!!! Note the bagpipes are in the Clan Campbell tartan…
Simply amazing, IMHO.
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. And it looks like it comes down to prime numbers! Simply amazing leap in the research, thanks to the new x-rays and 3D imaging.
And the cancel culture strikes again! Rather than accepting that not everyone can be number one, a prof at Georgetown Law has been kicked to the curb for this on a PRIVATE Zoom call…
“I hate to say this — I end up having this, you know, angst every semester — that a lot of my lower ones are Blacks. Happens almost every semester,” Sellers says.
“Mmm hmm,” Batson says and nods.
“And it’s like, oh, come on,” Sellers continues. “Get some really good ones, but there are also usually some that are just plain at the bottom. It drives me crazy.”
“Yeah,” Batson says as Sellers shakes her head.
“So, I feel bad,” Sellers adds.
In the hypocrisy anyone category, NOW it appears Pelosi et al. want to jump in and overturn an election…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she believes there is a possibility that duly elected Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), can be unseated by Congress.
Full article, HERE.
Then there is the continuing hostage situation in the capital… The fence is still up, and I’m beginning to think the National Guard troops are now the hostages… sigh
The Department of Defense is reportedly considering issuing involuntary activation orders to keep National Guard troops stationed at the U.S. Capitol.
The deliberation on a mandatory activation of reservists comes just one day after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he will be extending the National Guard troop’s time stationed at the U.S. Capitol until May 28, following a request from Capitol Police.
Full article, HERE.
Anybody want to bet ‘which’ states will get involuntary activation orders???
My guess is the first two will be Texas and Florida.
And in the ‘aren’t they nice’ category, the Dutch are now going to allow 451 containers of shelf stable product to get to commissaries in Europe (these include baby food, formula, canned meats, and other things)
BUT they are trying to enforce an old agreement dating back years to pressure the new administration.
The restrictions applying to dry food products with any animal-derived ingredient mean that suppliers have to go back and document the origin of the animal. For example, if there is a seafood component in the dry food product, the supplier has to document the waters that the fish swam in and the fishing boat that caught the fish. The origin of the milk in baby formula must be documented.
Full article, HERE.
Why your food never looked this good…
Gives a whole new meaning to the word staged…
But motor oil on pancakes??? Really???
Sigh…
Showdown on the River is now live in paperback!
As always, click the cover to get the link!
It’s going to be $11 since it is shorter than my usual novels. Anybody that wants a signed copy, throw a couple of bucks in for shipping, and email me with the inscription you want. I’ll get them out as usual, as soon as I get ‘my’ copies.
Trust me, you will get yours first…sigh…
250 sales so far, and 25 reviews, so I’m off to a decent start, considering that it is a new series and only one book so far.
Thank you to those who have left honest reviews, I truly appreciate it!!!