Romney: “I have a Hispanic fellow who mows my lawn and I would have him do that at the White House.” (via @BorowitzReport)

Years ago, my dad and I went on a trip to the National Archives to do some research on the family. I kept the notes on my computer for a time, then backed them up onto CD. Now my dad is getting ready to visit some  [more...]

In the last years of the 1880s, San Jose built a huge light tower straddling an intersection downtown. It was meant to light up the downtown area, but was never very good and ended up in a heap during a wind storm in  [more...]