Last Tuesday -- a week ago tomorrow -- Maugorn and I picked up the Honda Accord from the auction lot in southern Anne Arundel County, and then we had enough time left in the day that we took my 1996 Pontiac Sunfire to the salvage lot in Jessup. I hated to think of my beloved automotive partner of 20.5 years going to "the junkyard," but I need the ( Read more... )

Quiet night at home. The Accord is in my possession; the Pontiac is gone; I'm watching the annual silliness on CNN. Times Square is blinding, there are so many LEDs. Yay optics ( Read more... )

Yesterday the boy toy and I wanted to do a bit of grocery shopping. So we got in the car ... and nothing happened ( Read more... )

Happy 250th Birthday to Mary Wollstonecraft!

Holographic storage becomes a step closer.

Another salvo in the great history-of-optics-in-art feud. Hoo boy. Waiting for the return blast from Hockney and his scientist collaborator.

As a happy Pontiac owner for the last 13 years, I must say the demise of the division/marque sucks. I still like the ( Read more... )

heartmart had it right ( Read more... )

Last night, on the way back from the Metro, I saw that the temp gauge on the dashboard was a lot higher than normal. Not quite into the red zone, but almost into the yellow. And it wasn't that long of a drive home ( Read more... )