Of the nearly five million American veterans who served in World War I, only one remains, 109 year-old Frank Buckles of Virginia. Buckles says he owes it to his fellow soldiers to make a national World War I memorial a reality. The World War I Memorial Foundation’s website is http://www.wwimemorial.org/. Two of my great-grandfathers...
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National Geographic’s Breaking Orbit blog just did a great feature on Space Bat. It includes the Space Bat tribute video and links to associated sites including a memorial site. Unforunately, many of the other sites listed to the memorial site don’t work. If you want to go straight to the video, click here. The...
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Isn’t it funny when you assume that someone’s talents and interests are somehow limited to their job description? Only recently I learned that a longtime family friend, a firefighter/paramedic, is also the musical director at his church and has recorded several CDs. On that note (pun intended), I’d like to introduce readers to Rob...
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Cue the sinister “investigative reporting” synthesizer note… The TV screen oozes forth in black and white, centered on a tilted photograph of a disheveled man in an “I’m with Stupid” t-shirt who looks like he just had his eyes dilated… A melodramatic baritone voice begins… Joe Bonanza. He wants to steal your Prius, kidnap...
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Yesterday the Everett Herald published a story titled “The secret of the Halloween murder: For 75 years, a murder victim’s daughter didn’t know who shattered her family.” Eric Stevick has written a fantastic piece detailing the 1934 murder of an Everett, Washington bakery owner by a cold, calculating criminal. William Buehrig was shot dead...
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One word: WOW. Had I not heard this performance in a church, I would have been on my feet yelling “WHOOOOOO!!!! YEAH!!!!!” during some of the blazing guitar solos. Next time I think I will. Who cares what anyone else thinks. I love good music. Today I had the privilege of hearing the band...
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Brought to you by the evil alter ego of the letter N, maybe? Once in awhile (I may be underestimating) I read a news story so odd that I want to check its validity on snopes.com. This USA Today piece says the federal government has issued an unfunded mandate that street signs meet particular...
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Washington State’s Initiative 1098, if passed by the voters, will impose a state income tax on the wealthy. No. No no no no. This is not a good idea. First, just because you have more money than the average Washington resident doesn’t automatically mean that you gained it unfairly or by taking advantage of...
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A country of about nine million people to the west of Nigeria is experiencing the worst flooding in its history, and I have yet to hear about it in the American media. Allow me to introduce you to Benin. Benin is a little smaller than the state of Pennsylvania. More than a quarter of...
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On August 29th, 2010, millions of viewers witnessed the HBO film Temple Grandin win seven Emmy awards. Until then, many people didn’t know who Dr. Temple Grandin is. Grandin has autism, and is probably the best known advocate for those with this developmental disability. She is also a world-famous animal scientist, known for her...
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