Before on line bullying there was 'in-line bullying' like on the racks at the grocery store where the many tabloids insult celebrities to no end and make a point of showing the most unbecoming photo's of them. It's cultural conditioning but its not an excuse. I'm only one year into owning my first computer and explori...more

What a great sound. His albums in the early 70's were amongst my inspirations when I was learning how to play. And then later I heard his earlier recordings. His music will live on.

I was hiking alone once and my instincts were telling me to walk slow and quite. (because of the big brown bears around here) Then a young women who looked frightened came from the opposite direction and didn't say anything as she past me. A moment later a Lynx that didn't know I was there stepped out onto the trail an...more

My dad worked for Boeing for 42 years in 'flight test'. I remember well the quick trips off to Bogota or Nome or wherever the conditions were just right for the testing. Cutting corners didn't exist then. The 727 went through more  testing than any commercial airliner in history. There was a reason Boeing had a corner ...more

Overcharging of lithium-ion batteries should never happen. It only does when the 'charger' that's used doesn't have a 'charging cutoff'. Of course chargers that have this safety feature cost more so I can only assume that the 'bean-counters' prevailed in this case of 'over-charging batteries'. Now it's costing Boeing b...more

About 20 years ago there was a movement in Germany to Americanize their lager beer. Once the citizens heard about it the movement quickly ended.   I also remember when the Red Hook brewery in Seattle became poplular to a small degree and was written off as just a fad and wouldn't last. Ha!

Currently my favorite is 'Ruthless Rye IPA.' Yum... Have always liked their Pale Ale too.

Shortages? Not of morons.

I think it will happen but it's a big stretch to say they will in just 2 years.   Ten years before they landed on the moon, I thought that there was no way we make it to the moon in my lifetime. When they did in 69. I thought that we'd be mining the moons of Jupiter by the time I was 50. The foibles of politics took ...more