Clickety Clack
Donna’s on her way to Michigan. By train.
Air-Minded: Air Force One Folklore & Fact (Updated 06/19/26)
It was announced today that a gifted Qatari Boeing 747-8 is set to enter service as a temporary Air Force One, pending the 2028 delivery of two new USAF B747-8s scheduled to replace the current B747s, which have been in service since the Reagan administration. The “bridge” Air Force One (as well as the permanent […]
You Can’t Read That!
You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post about book banning and censorship. YCRT! features news and opinion roundups, commentary, history, and reviews.
Saturday Updates: Birds, Watches, Persepolis
Our back yard bird feeder cam has issues. It’ll stop recording, but since the same birds trigger the camera over and over again, it’ll be a while before I realize the videos are a few days old. To get it working again, I have to go out back with my iPad, put it and the […]
Air-Minded: Seeing Mirages
… I saw plenty of Belgian Mirage IIIs during my time in NATO, and once had a semi-close encounter with a pair of French ones while on a cross-country to Spain, a story worth sharing here.
To Boldly Go
I woke up in bed Saturday morning with an eighty-year-old woman by my side.
Flip This, Greedoid
Saturday was the day a much-hyped plastic pocket watch, jointly designed by Swatch and high-end watchmaker Audemars Piguet, went on sale at Swatch outlets around the world.
Watch Show & Tell by Paul: Paying Homage
I’ll leave the debates to others: I’m Team Homage.