Or even more frightening, John Cage.

I'm not all that crazy about Beethoven either. The first note of Beethoven 6 (A above the staff) will put the fear of God into you. And the last page of Beethoven 9 plays like the Bataan Death March. But it's still great music, and counting rests is part of the job. Get a principal gig and you can make the second…

I got the NOAA Weather Radio app and it doesn't support my home town.

I like the Weather Underground app mostly. It's the best radar I've found. The app is free, but you have to subscribe at $2/year.

I didn't know motorcycles came with air bags! Upgrades!

Chilliwack?

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I said I was going to wear the blue tie!

He made the 36,000 foot descent in about 90 minutes.

Yes, it's a real question. I know a lot of things, but I'm not part of the FB-Twitter-Google generation.

I have never had a Twitter or FB account. I'm really not interested in ever having one, either. But if I have to create a Twitter account to continue commenting here and on Jalopnik (there's no way I'm getting on the FB train), can I create a BS Twitter account using my Gawker screen name as my full name? Will that…

At least as old as me.

German bikers dying to ride in Harley hearse

"Oh ye of little faith."

Seeing the gimmick does not allow me to be fooled again. Looking at these airplane silhouettes, are the ones not straight on flying towards you, or away from you? Can you see it either way in your mind's eye?

Sheet music that I have arranged for humans to play.

Most of the latest advances in aircraft technology have concerned structures and engines. Boeing has rolled out the 787, constructed mostly of carbon fiber composites. Airbus will do the same soon. This makes for a very strong airframe with less weight than traditional airframes. Engines have become more and more…

I play in the orchestra in Abilene, and drive up there from Austin about once a month. On my free time, I drive out to Dyess AFB, smoke a cigar and watch the free air show. Lots of B-1s and C-130s, and an occasional random visitor (the USN EA-6B was surprise). But I've never experienced such a low flyby. It must…

Another angle.

A pelvis.