The rain stopped long enough for this wild view… Yes, those are clouds dipping way down in front of the mountains.

Dad just called from the car following a doctor appointment — he insists that he’s better, and he sounds it. But my dad is sort of like me in health matters, he’s kind of unlikely to see the true  [more...]

The Boeing company today said that it is shelving plans to build its Sonic Cruiser airplane, a jet designed to fly near the speed of sound and cut flight times by 15 to 20%. They decided that it was simply uneconomical.

As I look in more detail at the finalists for a World Trade Center Memorial, I keep finding reasons not to like them. The first, and perhaps most instinctual, is that all the designs are light and uplifting —  [more...]