Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Hamas rejects Gaza peace plan. Israel, the US, and the rest of the world now gets to say "Well we tried."

- Today's must read of the day.

- Per NTSB a loose wire on the container ship Dali caused the collusion with the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore.

- From the archives: The Code of Hammurabi - the best rule to manage risk.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Will the ACC hold together or fall apart? Not sure about you but I really don't want any more realignment. And I think performance based compensation is fine.

- The difference between chlorophyl and hemoglobin.

- Crew from ship that destroyed Baltimore bridge still aren't allowed to leave the ship.

- Interesting: the Broadband van life

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

And poof - just like that - the problems of people trying to survive in West Baltimore disappeared from all media consciousness... This is so awesome!... Thinking of adopting the Latin phrase "Pax et bonum" as my all-purpose greeting. It translates to English as "Peace and all good." Thinking it can be used the same way Hawaiians use "Aloha"... "Many people die at 25 and aren't buried until they are 75." - Ben Franklin... Strange but the older I get the shorter Michael J. Fox becomes in my memory... Very cool - Samurai slices a 100 MPH fastball in half...  Delaware announces plans to charge a $20 toll on all through hikers of the Appalachian Trail. State officials later disappointed to learn they can't do this because unlike US Interstate 95 - the Appalachian Trail does not actually pass though Delaware...

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

The question I'm curious about but nobody seems to bothered to ask is "Has Elijah Cummings' house been broken into before?" And if so - how many times before? The Congressman certainly acted like someone who was prepared by prior experience... I'm an awful person for laughing at this... "Flying by the seat of your pants precedes crashing by the seat of your pants." - Bill Walsh... Clemson may have the top ranked team in college football but according to Phil Steele the Tigers don't have a special teams unit ranked in the top 50. Wonder if that could come back and bite them in a close game (like say against Alabama)... Four Dimensional Symmetry would be a great name for a blog... I think Lesley Gore's You Don't Own Me would be a good candidate for a cover re-make BY A MAN. Would put a twist on the classic song...

Baltimore

Baltimore Ambush: Trump forces Democrats to defend the indefensible, again!

New York Post: Trump is right about Baltimore and the Democrats know it!

The Twitter outrage mobs and their #StandwithBaltimore and other hashtags will prove as ineffectual as the #BringBackOurGirls non-action. Bringing up Baltimore like this is another way of saying "You can't spell Democrats without 'rats.'"

Which it seems when it comes to running large cities like Baltimore or New York is also true.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Tips on how to get better laptop battery life

- Surely this scientific argument can be used in paternity suits! Your honor technically I never touched her!

- Mayor Tommy Carcetti never would have spent Baltimore city money this way.

- The responses to this were pretty funny.

- I'm pessimistic that the "bottle opener" look will ever catch on.

- Interesting - the history of Boston in 1968 with an unusual protagonist - Van Morrison

- Very cool - circumnavigating Maine's National Monument. Another thing added to my bucket list.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Rob Gronkowski's heart really is in the right place

- A city's government losing the support of the police and fire departments is never a good sign (no pun intended)

- Good news as my prostrate maintenance regime is fully justified! Ernest Borgnine was ahead of his time!

- Interesting - how much does a cloud weigh?

- The way of the monastic warrior - lessons from Dick Winters

- Dick Van Dyke was one of the best physical comedians of all time. His grace was amazing!

- Why did people wear powdered wigs? It always comes down to syphilis and lice doesn't it?

- Story behind Bill Belichick wearing Armenian pin at White House. Good for Belichick!

- I want this print!

- MLB Players who use 80's music for their walk up songs.  I would use God Bless America by Kate Smith just to confuse the hell out of the crowd.