The Peripatetic Engineer

We're at the Fish Camp watching the progress of Gustav . It looks like it might not make Cat 5 again and the track is still the same. Th...

I spent the third anniversary of Katrina packing up the family pictures, valuables and my guns in preparation for evacuation. I must have c...

It seems I got back from vacation just in time to get ready for Gustav . I, and many other people from South Louisiana, will be heading out ...

The Marie de Paris (That's city government y'all) has installed racks of bicycles all over the city. For a nominal fee, you can rent...

I'm coming to you from Paris. I'm using up some of the frequent flier miles and hotel points I've earned in the past couple of y...

The above picture should be proof that Massachusetts did, at one time, allow the carrying of concealed weapons. And its a good thing they di...

I have been so busy lately that I almost forgot that today was August 6. I used to live in Hiroshima back in 1975 and 1976. My first job out...