Tag: Congratulations

Farewell to a little-known aircraft that turned into a scientific wonder

  NASA has retired its Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), after eight years of operations.  Data from its missions will continue to be analyzed for years to come. From the start of its development in 1996, SOFIA required engineering ingenuity. A Boeing 747SP jetliner had to be modified to carry the 38,000-pound, 100-inch (more… Continue reading Farewell to a little-known aircraft that turned into a scientific wonder

Good old-fashioned entrepreneurship + hard work = teen success story!

  I was very happy to read this teenager success story.  I wish there were more like them! Carburetors may represent old-school tech in the automotive world, but don’t tell Riley Schlick, a high school senior in Florida who rebuilds them for a tidy profit. Send your tired, dirty, mucked-up carburetor to Schlick and she’ll… Continue reading Good old-fashioned entrepreneurship + hard work = teen success story!

“How the world’s deepest shipwreck was found”

  That’s the title of a fascinating article at the BBC about the search for the wreck of USS Johnston, a Fletcher class destroyer sunk during the Battle off Samar in 1944.  For her actions during that battle, her commanding officer, Commander Ernest E. Evans, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor and the ship was… Continue reading “How the world’s deepest shipwreck was found”

Let’s hear it for Rittenhouse Patrols!

  Congratulations to Kyle Rittenhouse for his thoroughly deserved acquittal on all charges in Kenosha today.  Any objective analysis of the evidence could lead to no other decision.  I hope he becomes a very rich young man through suing all the news media that slandered and libeled him before and during the trial.  He deserves… Continue reading Let’s hear it for Rittenhouse Patrols!

A good second novel to rival his first

  A couple of years ago, I mentioned that my friend Jason Fuesting had published the first book in his “Echoes of Liberty” series, a military science fiction novel titled “By Dawn’s Early Light“. He’s just published the second volume in the series, “Foreign Shores“. The blurb reads: Eric’s escape from Solitude quickly turns into… Continue reading A good second novel to rival his first

Saturday Snippet: Tactically correct love in a combat zone!

  My wife’s latest novel, “Blood, Oil and Love“, has just been published. It’s the second in a trilogy that began last year with “Going Ballistic“, and will conclude with the publication next month of the third and final book. I’m really proud of her.  Her first two books, “Scaling the Rim” and “Shattered Under… Continue reading Saturday Snippet: Tactically correct love in a combat zone!

Another last-minute “Hail Mary” pass seals another game

  I’m not much of a football fan, at least not in America.  I played English-style rugby, where the object is to play the ball.  As far as I can tell, in American football the object is to fold, spindle and mutilate everyone on the field except the guy with the ball!  Yeah, I know,… Continue reading Another last-minute “Hail Mary” pass seals another game