Here is a little bit of just “plane” fun to brighten your Monday. Watch Boeing build a new 777 in just four minutes.
Archives for April 2008
Celebrate Earth Day
It’s Earth Day so celebrate. Go and get yourself a glass of clear, cool, refreshing water. Sip and savor the cool wetness as it trickles back along your tongue. Do your teeth feel cold, too? Take a deep gulp. Ahhhhh. That satisfies, doesn’t it? Now celebrate again because you didn’t pay $0.79 for that privilege; […]
A Rib for a Pickle
Sometimes you just gotta do it. You’ve got this thing going on and life is good and the moment comes and you make a commitment. That’s what I did; I made a commitment. I said it out loud, in front of witnesses, to my wife. Six of us were celebrating Cindy’s birthday. Even Cindy acknowledged […]
Casualties of War
For several years, my son planned to join the Army. As a father, I had mixed emotions: pride that he wanted to volunteer for a very tough job and fear that he would be killed… or worse. He and I had several discussions about the dangers; largely fruitless because teenagers believe they are immortal and […]
Plan would tax music downloads – San Jose Mercury News
Is a licensed, downloaded music recording your personal property? What happens when the state of California says that something is “tangible personal property” even though the EULA says that your rights are still restricted? How would California’s law impact interpretation of the first-sale doctrine as it applies to downloaded music and, by extension, software? All […]
Dream Computer
Candy and I have been watching the first season of Star Trek from Netflix. It’s great fun to see it large on the projector, and in color. Whoo hoo! David thought that Candy and I had completely lost it when we started humming along to the theme music during the opening credits: do do do […]
