You don’t have to look far to see how the media would really cover an apocalypse; it happened in 1940-41. Nazi Germany occupied almost all of Europe, and turned its attention to England. In a seven month period called The Blitz Germany made hundreds of air attacks on England, mostly focused on London, dropping tens of…
In any case we need this, a dropper with a built-in nose bridge so you can apply the drops without poking yourself in the eyeball.
I’ve had a couple of electric lawn mowers and they work ok, but pay attention to the width of the cutting deck. This one is 14 inches wide, compared to 21 inches for a typical gas mower. If your yard is 30 feet wide as my front yard is, this means making about 25 passes over your yard instead of 15 with a conventional…
I’ve had a couple of electric lawn mowers and they work ok, but pay attention to the width of the cutting deck. This…
I’ve owned a house for the last 40 years. The costs associated with financing, buying, owning and maintaining a house are, like the universe itself, finite but unbounded.
Enjoy it while you can. This is what the airlines really want to do to you.
I have apps I’ve never used, but I don’t want to delete them; I will need them someday.
My adult daughter was hiking in the woods of northern Oregon, far far off the beaten track. After a morning communing with nature she got back to her car only to realize that her iPhone was missing. That area has no cell service, so Find My Phone didn’t work. She and her husband retraced their hours-long path to no…
Fun fact: Goldfinger prominently featured the Jetstar, both as the villain’s private jet and as Bond’s government ride at the end.
Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson, a sprawling tale of cryptology, wartime daring-do, networking, dot.com business adventures, personal growth, treasure hunting and young love. The story takes place in two timelines, WWII and the present, with ancestors and descendants respectively, although two characters span both.
Sammy was one of the greatest entertainers ever. Starting as a child in the last gasp of Vaudeville, he went on to become one of the first black superstars. What’s more, as a member of Frank Sinatra’s “Rat Pack” he became a cultural icon in the early days of the civil rights movement. I remember being amazed when I…
“...Manned Orbital Laboratory.”
The new Space Force will eventually establish its own service academy, like today’s Air Force Academy, where young people will go to earn a college degree and to become junior officers. These students will be called... Space Cadets! And... we’re there.
When my kids were little back in the’80s we were members at a community pool. This was a big commercial pool with a full staff and lifeguards everywhere. I was walking by the side of the pool and saw a small kid maybe 4 years old playing at the edge, and I thought ‘If he’s not careful he’s going to fall in’.
This is nice, a very apt and moving tribute. Human voices get radiated out into space all the time; your favorite FM disk jockey is constantly immortalized, as the transmission radiates out into space forever. However this transmission was special, using a highly directive antenna and no doubt considerable power.…
And this doesn’t address Battlefield Earth, a movie so bad that it was never released... it escaped. RT encapsulates the consensus thus:
Sahara is widely known as one of the biggest box office bombs ever, losing some $100 million dollars. I agree that it’s not great cinema, but I’ve always found it an enjoyable action comedy, a perfectly fine rainy Saturday afternoon popcorn flick. And it’s got Steve Zahn, always a plus.
