This week, I have been working on an exhibit about train wrecks. Part of this is compiling a list of significant train wrecks, accidents that spurred technological innovations or ways of thinking about safety. It's rather depressing. Like most new technology, railways had a bit of a learning curve. However, unlike say, VCR's or toasters, bugs ( Read more... )

Michael Valpy, The Globe and Mail, Monday, January 4, 2009 ( Read more... )

Turkey seeks return of Santa Claus' bones ( Read more... )

Wade Hemsworth, Hamilton Spectator, Tuesday, December 15, 2009 ( Read more... )

I just finished watching a Discovery Channel special on the sinking of the Titanic. I should have known it would be crap, what with the Lostian "DUUUUUUH" that played over the title screen (which, keeping with the Lost thing, was white lettering on a black background). "Tension" was further heightened during critical moments with the addition of ( Read more... )

I finally got to go to Barkerville! I went with Lilli, coasting in on her family pass. It is so neat. I bought a really beautiful owl picture for Mum, and some fudge (yum!) for me. I also bought myself a bonnet. A full-on, Holly Hobbie bonnet, and I rock the hell out of it, if I do say so myself. It is excellent for keeping the rain off ( Read more... )

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Last night was the UASBC's first lecture of the year, and I, feeling bold, decided to go. The lecture was about U-boats, and who doesn't love U-boats?. I hadn't been to the Maritime Museum in ages. The part with the St. Roch was blocked off (stuffed huskies, ahoy!), but the rest of the museum was open. Their current exhibit is Tales from the ( Read more... )

Today on the news there was a story about the Fantome. It would seem that Nova Scotia, in contrast to all the other provinces, grants permits to salvagers, and now they have done just that to an American company who are hoping to find the lost treasure of the Fantome. So let's see...a British warship possibly carrying looted American items (from ( Read more... )

I just watched a couple of minutes of 'Jeopardy'. I haven't watched 'Jeopardy' in ages, because the questions have gotten, for the most part, ridiculously simple. Or they're hideously Americentric (what the hell do I know about state birds?). But I paused on it today, because one of the categories was 'Commies'. Of course, first we had to go ( Read more... )