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Reasons for Gratitude -- from Axios!
Behind the Curtain — Our holiday gift: Hope Jim... Reasons for Gratitude -- from Axios!
View ArticleIs anyone keeping up with the Skip Bayless Joy Taylor Eman Acho circus?
I’m late to the game. But some wild stuff coming out in documents.
View Article2025-They died this year
Wayne Osmond 73, who rose to fame as a member of his family singing act, The Osmond Brothers, has died.
View ArticleIs Music getting worse?
My Dad was a professional musician and I dabble. I play Banjo and I actually picked up my daughters acoustic guitar over Christmas break and started doing a little finger picking. So, I'm a little bit...
View ArticleBad day at ATL airport -Delta flight rejected takeoff-Pax evacuate in snow
Delta flight to MSP had to reject their takeoff due to engine failure and possible fire. The passengers evacuated the plane in the snow. What a mess. Fortunately, sounds like just a few injuries were...
View ArticleSelling books on Amazon
OK, I am purging my bookshelves of a lot of books about Russia that I no longer need. I tried selling them on ABE books, but I have not moved a lot of inventory and that costs 25 bucks a month to have...
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UA President Bell Retiring
It will be interesting to see who the next president is, their priorities, how they handle a changing collegiate landscape (athletics, an enrollment cliff), etc. University of Alabama President Stuart...
View ArticleWWII Series on Smithsonian Channel
There is a very informative series "From D-Day to Berlin" on the Smithsonian Channel right now. Lots of "new" footage. Warning -- some of the scenes are pretty rough and graphic. War is not...
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Squirrel battles...
OK, so they've developed a taste for blueberries. The nets didn't help. They found a way through. This pic shows a camera which pings my cellphone and a motion-activated sprinkler which blasts them...
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58 years ago today - Apollo 1 disaster
Rest in peace Command Pilot Gus Grissom, Senior Pilot Ed White, and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee.
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36 years ago today we lost Challenger
36 years ago today, STS-51-L ended in disaster. Rest in peace, brave crew of the Challenger. STS-51-L crew: (front row) Smith, Scobee, McNair; (back row) Onizuka, McAuliffe, Jarvis, Resnik "The crew of...
View Article22 years ago today we lost Columbia (STS-107)
22 years ago today we lost Columbia. Rest In Peace, brave pioneers. Crew of STS-107 for the Space Shuttle Columbia, lost on February 1, 2003. - Commander: Rick D. Husband, a U.S. Air Force colonel and...
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Nominees for Darwin Award 2025
We may have a winner here. Kearns man shot and killed while attempting to 'dodge a bullet,' police say Police arrested a man in the shooting death of another man in Kearns following what investigators...
View ArticleFinally, I Am Able To Be Back On Tide Fans!
I think my last post was in early to mid June of 2024. I retired from my previous job in June and had been unable to log onto Tide Fans due to my former email address being disabled. Finally, today I...
View ArticleAir travel (Problem passengers)
I am specifically not getting into politics, but there is something more mundane about air travel that chaps my hide. I travel for work a good bit. I spend a good bit of time in lines at airports. When...
View ArticleChanges to American flight rules.
Some changes, mostly good ones. 1. No bare feet on the flight. 2. Tighter controls on "emotional support animals." A dude from Florida had a boa constrictor in his bag. 3. Crackdown on boarding before...
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