Flag Day

It’s Flag Day in the U.S. Not a well-known holiday, but it is an excuse to…

Ford v Ferrari

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, I am about to make a proclamation: Ford v Ferrari…

FTL

Einstein tells us we can’t go faster than the speed of light which is 299,792,458 meters…

Curvy Roads

I like curvy roads. As long as they aren’t too curvy. Just curvy enough to present…

I Can’t Stand 55

As of today I’ve been in lock down for 55 days. That’s almost two months. I…

Bicycle Riding

Schwinn 10-speed When I was a kid, I loved riding my bicycles. I had three growing…

Driver Assist

I currently own two cars. One is a 2018 Volkswagen GTI that my wife drives. The…

Korean Names

Korean Writing (Hungul) for South Korea A while back I watched Parasite, the Korean film that…

Lock Down

The Saturday before Easter was my “half way” point of being locked down. That is, if…

Cultural What?

One of my novels I came across this article on Facebook. It was written in the…

She’s Gone

Me with the car shortly after I bought it. I did it. I sold my 2007…

How Fast?

Washington State Speed Limit Sign As an engineer, I was trained to think in SI units.…

Why Do We Care?

I was watching football back in January, rooting for the Seattle Seahawks to beat the San…

COVID-19 and Me

At first when this virus was announced to the world, I wasn’t very worried. Even though…

Dyslexia and Other Problems

I’ve never been diagnosed, but I swear I have dyslexia. Especially when it comes to numbers.…

Parasite

I watched the movie Parasite a few days ago.  It won the Best Picture Oscar and…

Roy

Roy’s Shoes and Coat Roy (not his real name) is a well-known character in the small…

RadCon 8

Starting tomorrow through Sunday I will be at RadCon, the science fiction and fantasy Con in…

So, It Begins…

I don’t do politics on this blog (except when I talked about studded snow tires and…

Wooden Phone

Xylophone I love word origins. Not sure why, but I’m always interested in how words are…

My Son’s Cat, the Rebel

Lily My son, who lives with me, has a rescue cat named Lily. She’s a pretty…

Theme Songs

A while back I was watching Mission: Impossible (the 1996 movie version with Tom Cruise). And…

2020

By now you should be over your headache/hangover from New Years Eve. Welcome to 2020. This…

Lily

Lily (Hey, it’s Boxing Day.) I had myself convinced for years I wasn’t a “pet person.”…

The Huskies Finish the Year 8-5

This will probably be my last college football blog post for about 258 days. (Stop cheering…