It’s road trip season!  When I was growing up my Dad refused to stop the car for restrooms but would pull over and meditate for what seemed like hours on the historical jargon and landscape of each and every roadside historical marker.  It’s a rare Indian or Civil War Battle, sheep rustling, Lewis & Clark [...]

Think of it as a more earth-bound X Project. The goal is for a human-powered flying machine to go more than 100 meters off the designated English pier for a reward of 30,000 pounds.  They’ve been trying since the competition’s inception in 1971 and now there’s a mascot, 3 classes of entry (2 serious and [...]

And there were sighs of joy and whatnot.  But it’s been approved by the necessary government agencies and there are probably plenty of empty car dealerships they can take over quickly. If ever there was a vehicle that goes “nurdle, nurdle” instead of “vroom, vroom” it’s the Tuk Tuk.  There’s even a twelve passenger model, [...]