A Martian Post Card
It took NASA’s Spirit rover a year and a half to get to the top of Husband Hill in the Gusev Crater on Mars. It finally made it, and, like all mountain climbers, took a photo.
Read morePlaces
If it has to do with a geographical location, I will categorize it with this category.
Three Duke Students Get Into New Orleans and Rescue Some People, While Gov't Says It Couldn't Get In
A trio of Duke University sophomores say they drove to New Orleans late last week, posed as journalists to slip inside the hurricane-soaked city twice, and evacuated seven people who weren’t receiving help from authorities.
Read moreKatrina Update Sunday
Tampa has, once again, completely dodged the bullet of Katrina, but it’s pretty clear that the coast lines of Louisiana and Mississippi are not going to be so lucky. In fact, due to the sweeping path of this storm, its had a lot of time over very warm gulf waters, and increased to an incredible strength.
Read moreKatrina Now Declared A Hurricane
Well, about 30 minutes ago they officially declared Katrina a minimal hurricane. The latest forecast track has her crossing Florida between Ft. Lauderdale and Naples on the west coast. Once it goes into the Gulf, it will begin to quickly turn north, and re-achieving hurricane status just as it gets west of Tampa.
Read more30 Years for Beating Three Year Old to Death
You will recall I posted about this story previously. A man apparently decided that his three year old son might be turning out gay, so he decided, just as suggested by Jame Dobson in a recent parenting newsletter, that he could cure his son by “rough housing” with him.
Read moreBreaking News-Harbour Island Residents Trapped On Their Island
A few days ago TBO.com had a story about complaints by Harbour Islands residents complaining that they feel trapped on their island. Well, please note..they live on an island. The island is smack in the middle of the harbor in downtown Tampa. (Hence the name.) And they are concerned that when a lot is going at the St. Pete Times Forum and the Cruise terminal, they can’t get around.
Read moreA Busy Weekend
This was kind of a busy weekend around the house. I was on the road a few days at the end of last week, and will most likely be on the road three days this coming week, so there was a lot to get done.
Read moreClosed Circuit TV and Terrorists
As you may know, the British invested a lot to cover a huge part of London with a closed circuit television system for “identifying terrorists.” Much is being made right now about the fact that officers have uncovered a shot of one of the terrorists from this system. I expect to see the U.S. Government and major U.S. cities now clamoring to install such systems, and they’ll point to this as the grand example for why we need it.
Read moreWhat I Did On My Summer Vacation
It wasn’t anything great, but I did take vacation the week of the 4th of July. I visited home and rested.
Read moreNew York City-The Really Big Apple
A recent visit to NYC set me to wondering about different lifestyles.
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