Author Archives: James

Ford introduces the Eluminator!

Posted on November 13, 2021 by James| Comments Off

Read the write up at Jalopnik!

Posted in Planes Trains and Automobiles

Why do American plugs have holes in them?

Posted on November 12, 2021 by James| Comments Off

Posted in Gadgets

Lightyear – Teaser

Posted on November 11, 2021 by James| Comments Off

Posted in The Big Screen, The Little Screen (Television)

100th Anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Posted on November 11, 2021 by James| Comments Off

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier has first all-female guard change in history : NPR

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is dedicated to the deceased U.S. service members whose remains have not been identified, and on Veterans Day 2021, the monument is 100 years old.

The Arlington Cemetery has a website dedicated to the 100th anniversary, here.

Google arts and culture has a story here.

Posted in Because I Can, Patriotic

Veteran’s Day

Posted on November 11, 2021 by James| Comments Off

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Veteran

Posted on November 11, 2021 by James| Comments Off

A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to his country for an amount of ‘up to and including my life.’

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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Posted on November 10, 2021 by James| Comments Off

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald, May 1975.

SS Edmund Fitzgerald was a cargo ship that sank suddenly during a gale storm on November 10, 1975, while on Lake Superior. The ship went down without a distress signal in 530 feet (162 m) of water at 46°59.9′N 85°6.6′W, in Canadian waters about 17 miles (15 nm; 27 km) from the entrance to Whitefish Bay. All 29 members of the crew perished. Gordon Lightfoot‘s hit song, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, helped make the incident the most famous marine disaster in the history of Great Lakes shipping.

Posted in Because I Can, On This Day

Ohio State Marching Band “The Music of Rush”

Posted on November 9, 2021 by James| Comments Off

Posted in Because I Can, Music, Sports

Stranger Things 4

Posted on November 8, 2021 by James| Comments Off

Posted in Because I Can, The Little Screen (Television)

Adorable DIY Bumblebee Transformer Costume!

Posted on November 8, 2021 by James| Comments Off

Posted in Because I Can, Gadgets, Humor, Planes Trains and Automobiles, The Big Screen, The Little Screen (Television)

Giraffe Gives Birth on Camera

Posted on November 8, 2021 by James| Comments Off

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Daylight Savings Time Ends

Posted on November 7, 2021 by James| Comments Off

Clocks turn back an hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, marking the beginning of standard time for the next few months.

This means that this weekend will be an hour longer than normal, but it will get dark an hour earlier in the evenings.

Standard time will be used through March 8, when clocks will “spring” forward an hour to begin Daylight Saving Time.

Ironically, standard time is no longer the norm. About two-thirds of the days during the year now operate on Daylight Saving Time.

Daylight Saving Time now begins on the second Sunday of March each year and ends on the first Sunday of November.

DST has roots tracing to 1918 in the United States, though not all places always observed it. Currently, it is not used in Hawaii and most of Arizona.

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Lost in Space Season 3 Teaser (Final Season)

Posted on November 6, 2021 by James| Comments Off

The brief look at the new season of the show doesn’t reveal too much but does show what seems to be a much darker tone for the final season of the series. Narrated by Will Robinson, we’re treated to a variety of shots that make things look pretty perilous for the group of explorers and space travelers. Lost in Space Season 3 will launch on December 1, 2021, on Netflix.

Posted in The Little Screen (Television)