The Peripatetic Engineer

The week before Katrina hit I had oral surgery and was under the influence of some very nice pain killers. Therefore, I was oblivious to the...

On the Senate subway to the Capital Building.......

I told the boys they will need practice in standing in soup lines, given our current administration. Luckily, the Franklin D Roosevelt Memo...

Ramadan starts today. And just to make sure that you are all sufficiently warned, Gulf News in Dubai has been publishing warnings about eati...

Yesterday my wife called me while I was driving home. It seems there was an electrical problem and power lines were arcing and sparking in t...

As of the end of July, 2010, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has beheaded 17 people. But don't feel too badly. They were either murderers or...

I just read that Oliver Stone has a project to turn "The Deep Blue Good-by" into a movie titled "Travis McGee". It will ...