Cookin’ with Gas
If asked, I’d say Donna and I would rather cook with gas.
Did You Check the NOTAMs?
Reading news of the FAA’s ground stoppage of flights this morning, I see that NOTAMs — notices to airmen in my day — are now notices to air missions. Score one for gender neutrality. Let it be noted, though, that the FAA (and the CAA before it) uses the term airman for pilots and other […]
I Don’t Say “God Bless” Often, but When I Do …
Twelve years ago today, as I drove home from a medical appointment, the local NPR station on the radio, the first live report of a mass shooting in the Safeway parking lot in northwest Tucson came on.
Convergence Harmonics
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Wednesday Triple T*
I’m beginning to think our boy Harry is all about keeping his name in the news and his face on television. For a foreigner, he’s zeroed right in on what it takes to become American royalty.
Instating the New Year
If they instate it before midnight, they can still nege on the promise!
Friday Update Dump
I was floored & delighted with my son’s family’s gift of the latest edition of the Associated Press Stylebook, an indispensable aid to anyone who writes, a tool I’ve relied on since the mid-1980s.
OTR Fini
When Donna and I take road trips, I post Facebook and Twitter (and now Mastodon) updates with the prefix OTR (for “on the road”).