I was reassured to read Ken Jennings blog entry this afternoon where he mentions that he has had at least one blog entry for 74 consecutive days, which matches his streak on Jeopardy!. He has decided not to do a blog entry tomorrow out a respect for the day he lost. Then it’s back to…
I started reading A Canticle for Leibowitz today. This marks something like the 6th or 7th book in a row that I have started without finished and they don’t get on my list if I don’t finish them. So hopefully, I will finish this one. So far, so good, but we’ll see.
I meant to sit down for an hour and work on “If By Reason of Strength”. Instead, I sat down for nearly an hour an a half and wrote just over 1,000 words and I am very pleased with what I have so far. I hope to make some more progress this week. I’m not…
I did 40 minutes on the elliptical after work this evening and I ended up doing my best distance to date in 40 minutes: 2.72 miles, which beats my previous best by just about a tenth of a mile. (I added two new songs to my cardio playlist, “Breadfan” and “Stone Cold Crazy” by Metallica,…
It was your typical beautiful day at the ball park today. There was a nice breeze keeping the temperature from being overwhelming. Game time temperature was a breezy 91 degrees. The game was exciting with a walk-off single by Miguel Tejada to win the game. But the most unusual part of the day was the…
As a pilot, I am both saddened and confused by news of the crash of Conair fligth 5191 from Lexington Blue Grass airport this morning. The lastest news reports seem to indicate that the airplane took off from the wrong runway, the short, 3,500 ft runway instead of the 7,500 ft runway. This is what…
I was in a musical mood when I woke up this morning. So I wandered my mouse over to the Apple Music Store and purchased a couple of new albums: Reggatta de Blanc by The Police (adding to my growing Police collection) How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb by U2 (the first U2 album I…
With all of the hooplah going on about Pluto losing it’s status as a classical planet and being relagated to something called a “dwarf planet”, I completely agree with what Ken Jennings has to say on the matter. It is science and science is a self-correcting medium. Things change. However, I can picture the SNL…
If a used book store could have met or exceeded my expectations, Wonder Book and Video did just that. It’s about an hour from the house in Frederick, MD and there was some traffic getting there, but it was worth it. It easily rivals The Iliad Bookshop as one of the best used bookstores I’ve…
I was browsing for bookstores in Maryland, specifically used bookstores, and perhaps one to rival the Iliad Bookshop in L.A. and I came across a place in Frederick that looks like it’s just what I am after. It’s called Wonder Book and Video and I’m on my way there right now with a list of…
“Graveyard Shift” is in the mail. It was the single most expensive story I have ever sent out, mainly because it was so long. It weighted just over 20 ounces and cost something over $4 to send off. But it’s on it’s way! I got a haircut this morning, and then headed up to Attick…