My brothers visit from England was the occasion for the renewal of a continuing argument about the correct pronunciation of aluminum and tomato. It is a harmless diversion for aging brothers and a dir...Read More
While working in my yard Joey L. found this fragment of a jawbone, probably from a dog. I took this terrific picture of it. Now I need a caption for the picture....Read More
“This just in, in Stockholm, Sweden, the Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to Barry Bonds.” Thanks to Andy Borowitz author of The Republican Playbook for this one liner....Read More
My good friend Gene Brogdon is building a new mixed use development in Richmond Hill, Georgia, USA. Coastal Georgia is one of the worlds most beautiful spots. This is the link to the building projec...Read More
This expression is taken from The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester. He used it to describe one of the estimates for how long it would take to prepare the OED. As I recall the estimate ...Read More
A few weeks ago I read somewhere that if all of the ice cap on Greenland melted the oceans would rise 21 feet. My initial reaction was disbelief. I quickly calculated in my head that it would only be ...Read More
In 1981, when we started our first successful company, Coventry Manufacturing, the title on my business card read “President.” During the first few years we were in business I read an article in I...Read More
The U.S. Standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because that’s the way they built them in England, a...Read More