Virtual tours have been around a long time, I suppose, although I’ve not spent much time wandering through homes for sale or checking out the rooms available at a bed and breakfast. But this is different. The link below takes … Continue reading →
Within the past few weeks, a couple of friends have approached me to ask (and I’m paraphrasing), “It’s okay to fly Southwest, right? They’ve got the planes fixed?” Anyone except a bird can understand the motivation behind the question. When … Continue reading →
Yes, this is another one of those email send-arounds. But in this case, someone put together a series of graphs based on carefully analyzed statistical data. The information is especially useful because it can be used to prove many of … Continue reading →
One salient quality of human nature is the tendency to gather around us others with similar characteristics. We feel the most comfortable in those surroundings, and for the most part we don’t actively seek to stretch those boundaries by venturing … Continue reading →
A friend sent me a video link that I absolutely must share. It’s as if I’m compelled to write this post for deeply personal reasons I cannot ignore. I’m calling it Part One because watching the video generated conflicting thoughts … Continue reading →
In the United States of America, the Department of Homeland Security defines five threat levels using no-nonsense terminology. This is good, because it promotes an equivalent pragmatic approach to the task of keeping Americans safe within our borders. If we … Continue reading →
A friend of mine is a retired law enforcement officer who has been approached on occasion by people wanting to know how to identify a meth lab. The individuals were concerned about whether there might be one in their neighborhoods. … Continue reading →
Filled with type-A personalities, aviation is a world of competition on multiple levels. One of the most striking dividing lines is that between pilots of fixed-wing and rotary-wing flying machines, that is, airplanes and helicopters. Any non-flyer knows full well … Continue reading →
From news.travel.aol.com: The cockpit of a commercial airplane has a variety of warning systems to help keep pilots out of unsafe situations. In many circumstances, visual and audible indicators will notify a pilot when he needs to take immediate action. … Continue reading →
Unless you’ve been living in a news vacuum for the past few weeks, you can’t have missed the catastrophic news from Japan about earthquakes, tsunamis, and nuclear meltdowns. I’m not sure anyone could come up with a worse triad of … Continue reading →
