When you look at this image, what do you see? I see a spaghetti-tangle of aircraft travel corridors. These are the airports within 30 miles of Atlanta that have instrument landing systems. Hartsfield-Jackson Airport (the southernmost red blob) is, of course, the world’s busiest in terms of takeoff and landings as well as numbers of …
Monthly Archives: May 2007
Amusing Inference
Warning: The following post can be likened to blaming global warming for the hot weather we had in March. It should be taken with all due amusement… Today I read a story: SEATTLE — A 27-year-old man described as one of the world’s top spammers was arrested Wednesday, a development that federal authorities said could …
Going Overboard
Insane Harry Potter fans now have a theme park to look forward to. I wil admit to being a huge Harry Potter fan, but not an insane one. Insane ones love ALL the movies and go to ALL of the HP-themed Dragon*Con sessions. And, of course, they’ll travel to California Florida to see a theme …
It's the End of The World
Blog Like It’s The End Of The World My Elves are Different is calling for a worldwide blog-o-bonanaza on June 13th, 2007. Blog Like it’s the End of the World asks that you blog about the Zombie invasion going on in your town, or around the world, that day, from your own perspective. I’m doing …
His Jesus and Your Jesus
A lot of my four readers are left-wing pinko commies. Thusly, they’ll probably get a kick out of John Scalzi’s1 What My Jesus Would Do post. I confess that I did not read the whole thing, because I didn’t think there would be many insights for me (because I agree with the premise), but I …
Scalzi on Star Wars
I’ve had Star Wars on my mind because yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the debut of Epidode IV: A New Hope (a.k.a. STAR WARS). John Scalzi, the author of Old Man’s War1, which you may have seen knocking around the bookshelves, has an opinion regarding the Star Wars movies and their value as entertainment. …
Battle on Safari
Witness an epic struggle between lions and buffalo and crocodiles! “Wicked”, is the word that leaps to mind. Thanks to my good buddy Dave, who clued me in to this one.
This Week in Traffic: 25 May 2007
Happy 0th birthday to Nathan Schierer! Holy Crap, they built this fast… MacArthur Maze, the freeway interchange ramp in California that had the unfortunate experience of a burning tanker truck full of gasoline, has reopened to traffic less than a month after the incident. Wow. Don’t Drink and Scoot Vegas pedestrians are renting handicapped scooters. …
Favorite Photo of the Week
You don’t often look at traffic signals from this angle.
Smoky Skies
I’m deliberately stealing the title from Mebbie’s post concerning the same thing. I’ve got a monster headache. Jenn is complaining (rightly) that her lungs are “on fire”. Atlanta is blanketed by smoke from the Georgia/Florida fire, and it’s a pain. This is day two and it is not supposed to go away until tomorrow afternoon. …