Book Review - Field of Prey

It's been a long wait but John Sandford has done it again with a fast paced story featuring Lucas Davenport. This time he's chasing a serial killer who has been operating for years. The hunt is triggered when a body dump is discovered by teenagers looking for a place to park. The search for the killer stagnates until he kills a cop and then Lucas gets busy in earnest. The pace of the story slowly builds as small clues start to come together and Lucas is distracted by other ongoing investigations, but once you reach the half way point things take off and you should be prepared to stay up all night.

Guns, Guns, Guns

This is from a site called "Ghosts of History" that imposes historical photgraphs on present day images. Very interesting stuff.

This Day in History

On this day in 1954 the French surrendered at Dien Bien Phu. Their defeat lead the way to the partition of Vietnam into North and South. It is interesting to note that 2 Americans, James McGovern and Wallace Buford, were killed in the action. They were flying for the CIA in support of the French when their C-119 was hit and crash landed in Laos.

Aircraft Control

If you are piloting a plane over on the west coast and you get a female controller with a Louisiana accent and attitude, it's probably my niece who is starting at Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center.

History Buff Buddy

My wife was going to a baby shower a few Saturdays ago and I was looking for something to do during her absence. Why don't you take grandson P to the WW II Museum, she suggested. He'd love to go and nobody else will take him. So, third grandson P and I had a day of history. We started with the USS Tang experience, a full size interactive exhibit about the final mission of the "USS Tang". We then spent an hour or so at the Freedom Pavilion looking at the static displays. They have a B-17, "My Gal Sal", that was recovered from the Greenland ice cap and restored. We then went to the 4D movie "Beyond All Boundaries". As luck would have it, we got the last two spots on the tour of PT 305. They only allow 12 people in to the workshop at noon when the volunteers are at lunch. After that it was time for lunch followed by a visit to the European and Pacific exhibits. All in all, we had a full day of it.

Does that look like kid who was having a good time?

Necessity, or Red Neck Ingenuity

My nephew in Texas had a problem. The carburetor on his lawnmower was shot and he needed to mow his lawn. The picture below is his solution. Go ahead and laugh but with the price of gas these days, he may be on the right track.

Head Count

Saudi Arabia beheaded only one (1) murderer last month. Their year to date total is only 10.