“Who the hell wrote this script?” he asks when it has him report the forecast for Balmoral. This is not an impersonator, by the way; it’s the genuine article, HRH Prince Charles himself. And if you’re wondering about the apparent … Continue reading
In 1989 a pilot named Denny Fitch, whose job involved training other pilots how to deal with emergencies, was a passenger aboard United Flight 232. There was a catastrophic explosion in the tail engine of the DC-10 that left the … Continue reading
Not a bad arrangement if you go in for that sort of thing: by … Continue reading
Mary Badham Wilt (who played Scout), Gregory Pecks’s widow, and students from a local high school were among the audience in the White House theater for a 50th anniversary screening of the classic film To Kill a Mockingbird. I remember … Continue reading
In 1976 NASA’s Viking program placed two spacecraft into orbit around Mars and landed two more on the planet’s surface. The landers were equipped to perform experiments intended to detect organic compounds and biological activity. While the test for biological … Continue reading
Update: For more information about the graphic, see http://explainxkcd.com/1040/ The XKCD online comic strip frequently has some interesting graphics. Below is one illustrating the relative depths (and some heights) of places on Earth. The depths and ship lengths show are … Continue reading
Here’s a small aircraft with foldable wings that can be driven on streets and highways, which interestingly means that it has a number of useful safety features (such as impact crumple zones and airbags) normally lacking in airplanes. In fact, … Continue reading
A friend of mine claims that she had me in mind when she invented this recipe recipe for a 1-pan, 5-ingredient, 15-minute meal as described on her blog. It looks good, but no, I haven’t tried it yet. 15 minutes … Continue reading
Some clever slicing and dicing: by … Continue reading
I don’t know what it says about me that I think this is reasonably cool: by … Continue reading