REMEMBERING THE GROUND OBSERVER CORPS PART 2
YESTERDAY, MY AEROBIBLIOGRAPHIC RECOLLECTIONS encountered Bruce Callander’s “The Ground Observer Corps,” Air & Space Forces Magazine. Today in Part 2, we continue gleaning tidbits from it, together with my (barely … Continue reading
REMEMBERING THE GROUND OBSERVER CORPS PART 1
I WAS LEAFING THROUGH MY AVIATION SHELVES, a collection, I immodestly note, better than in many secondhand bookshops I peruse from time to time. This includes gems such as “Jane’s … Continue reading
THE 35TH FIRST ANNUAL IG NOBEL PRIZES
HANNAH RICHTER REPORTS “The Ig Nobels Are Science’s Most Lighthearted Event. This Year Is ‘Not Typical,’ ” AAAS Science, September 19, 2025. Not typical, of course, because of Trump’s autocratically … Continue reading
BANKSY LIMITLESS, SORTA
BANKSY, WIKIPEDIA DESCRIBES, “is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist, and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation. Active since the 1990s, … Continue reading
CIVICS TRUMP 2.0 PART 2
YESTERDAY WAS PROMPTED BY TRUMP’S digging out Civics 2020, his first administration’s revamping of Civics 2008, the latter having served admirably for 17 years helping people becoming U.S. citizens. Needless to … Continue reading
CIVICS TRUMP 2.0 PART 1
ON OCTOBER 20, 2025, THERE’S A NEW CIVICS TEST of naturalization. Well, sorta new. With careful reading, it’s more like “A New Trump Administration Low,” as described here back on … Continue reading
FERRARI 212 VIGNALE SALON AND CLASSIC TEST
I’VE GROWN ENAMORED OF R&T’S CLASSIC TESTS, what the magazine termed accurate syntheses “of material published during the time the car was produced.” Recently, this R&T time machine was actuated … Continue reading
A GREEN IDEA HOUSE
JEFF BRADY DESCRIBES “5 LESSONS FROM A HOUSE That Generates More Energy Than It Uses,” NPR, September 20, 2025. Brady recounts, “Robert Fortunato’s ‘Green Idea House‘ has been doing that … Continue reading
SEVERAL HELPFUL PHRASES
TRUTH IS, I’M NOT REALLY INTO SELF-HELP (this, despite those who might suggest otherwise). However, I was impressed by Catherine Pearson’s “8 Phrases to Help Your Relationship Thrive,” The New … Continue reading
DOES ANYONE BELIEVE TRUMP??
RECENT HAPPENINGS AT THE U.N. and back in Washington, D.C., questioned more than Trump’s truthfulness (climate change “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world,” inflation “defeated,” grocery prices … Continue reading
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