James Doohan’s remains successfully launched into orbit

I've been in California for a full year now, but I haven't taken advantage of it -- I kept thinking when I moved here that I'd be running around to all the things to see, the mountains and beaches and whatnot.

A little bird told me that a ship docked today in New York carrying a special present just for me — my new car, to replace the one that was sold out from under me a week or so ago. I wish I could track it, much  [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...]