A good one with rhymes and escalation though an unsatisfying ending that might be the whole point. Wonderful rhymes though some references may seem a little old-fashioned (read racist!) for today. Fox in Socks and One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish and If I Ran a Zoo from above have the best rhymes. If you read them a little fast and get the rhythm it's like you are a beat poet riffing in a smokey room during a poetry slam. I do not do that...
Excellent. Once you can teleport to space it removes all kinds of weight limits and obstacles that currently constrain our space program, then write a book about the consequences.In some ways similar to the series of John Varley novels that starts with Red Thunder. Young protagonists get unlimited impulsive power and start a space program from the...
These are the original books I grew up reading. They were fascinating to me as a child. I'll admit that when I was young I often just looked at the pictures and read their long explanatory captio...
This wiring gobbledygook is a test for the control panel my son and I are building. Lots of cool lighted switches and push buttons that turn off and on other LEDs, fans and buzzers. This on is wired so the column switch and the row switch must be on to light a light.Now I have to transfer this to a printed circuit board and solder a lot of switches and ligh...
The whole top of this tree broke off and fell last night around 3am in the neighbors yard. It is pretty much the whole top so the tree is done. The expression goes sick like a sycamore, I guess that is true....
We saw Guardians of the Galaxy the Monday after it opened. It was very entertaining and didn't have many other Marvel characters from other movies. That worked for ...
A Roman Catholic priest gives the right answer when asked, "How does the Rapture figure into your faith?"...Essentially all of this can be a great distraction from what believers should really be concerned about: bringing hope, mercy and compassion to human history, and participating in the struggle to transform the world and its systems toward fairness and equity for all God's children. Matthew 25 says it all: the Final Judgment will be based on how we have cared for the least among us.When I ask the kids I teach, "How can we be a good people?",...
A fortune in emeralds on the Caribbean seafloor was too much temptation for a Delaware law firm likely to be sanctioned for using the courts to attempt to legitimize what has turned out to be a hoax.Like a bad movie plot - accusations from other treasure hunters that the find was to good to be true and analysis that showed the emeralds to be coated with modern epoxy to enhance their appearance have left questions about how much the law firm knew...
Did I tell you about the delicious burger I had last week? Zesty pickles and cheddar cheese curds from Milburn Orchards. In fact those two ingredients were why I wanted a burger. It was delicio...
There was a post on BoingBoing referencing a list of anonymous Wikipedia edits from Norwegian government IP addresses. Cory Doctorow wanted the anonymous editors and the Norwegian Givernment to go public and involve the Norwegian wikipedia community in their editing and left a touch of a suspicious tone to the request. Subsequent commenters tried to figure out whether there was an issue by randomly exploring some of the data. The...
You cannot shirk your duty. You are a Wright of the Ancient Calling, and because you have discovered or created a new technological threat to Humanity's existence you must undergo Preparation and submit to the Proctors for Examination and Assessment. They will make the final Judgement of your discovery and decide for Integration or Supression.This is the way it must be and this is what your Heart and Intellect and your Duty to the Oath must be telling you....
This is some sort of crazy ninja vehicle with spiky wheels and treads and a device that shoots things.It survived less than 24 hours intact, but the pieces are being recycled into even more interesting concoctions....
There is a lot going on in this laboratory. One figure climbs the ladder to fix the time machine. The scientist lady operates the device while mini-fig Linus works at another set of controls. There are lots of storage and work are...
All of the conspiracy theories were right. The Egyptians, Aztec, Greeks and Medieval Europeans were all in the New World on the Outer Banks building temples.Photographic evidence.A Temple clust...
Sand stuck to the car from Hurricane Arthur last night.This sand is really built up underneath the windshield wipers.If that is the worst damage from the storm then that is ok...
Plots of wind speed, and air pressure as Hurricane Arthur passed over Nags ahead where we are staying on the Outer Banks. The dip in the pressure is its closest approa...
We could go in the building but not climb to the top of the Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse on Roanoke Island in Manteo.This is the place flying the hurricane warni...
Bodie Island Lighthouse grounds were open but there were nopark rangers and thelighthouse keepers house and lighthouse were locked. We couldn't go up to the top but I am counting it as a visit. I am assuming the hurricane is the cause for no staffi...
Two red flags with black squares means hurricane at Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse in Manteo on Roanoke island.I have never seen these flags flying for real.It reaches us at Nags Head around midnight tonig...
Appropriately reading Sand by Hugh Howey after being covered by sand at the beach and at the dunes at Jockey Ridge on the Outer Banks today.I had loved his Wool series do I am looking forward to this o...
A ship travels out if the bay through the south channel.Car travelling under the south channel.Panorama of the side facing out of the bay with lots of shi...