Just the other day, again on twitter, a tweet from ForbesOpinions (Forbes.com) with an article link caught my eye: World’s Smartest Cities: … today’s “smart” cities tend to be smaller, compact and more efficient: places like Amsterdam; Seattle; Singapore; Curitiba, Brazil; and Monterrey, Mexico. This is not an entirely new notion: Between the 14th and [...] [...more]
Being this post is the first since late in September, I feel I owe an explanation to anyone who may be interested as to why. So inspired was I by dolphins being jerks, I sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in search of sushi. Of course that’s not true, but it’s as good a reason as [...] [...more]
TALLAHASSEE? [Several weeks ago] – According to Clean, The Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy’s blog, Brandon Miller reported a galactic cattle drive is underway. Disguised as photons, the cows are being herded by sixteen Japanese companies under the guise of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The Japanese discovered the secret of turning cows into solar space [...] [...more]
AVAST ME HEARTIES!! AVAST ME HEARTIES!! SAVE THE DATE!! SAVE THE DATE!! September 19, 2009 is The Original INTERNATIONAL TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY! Apparently, seven years ago Dave Barry [you know, the extremely boring columnist from the Miami Herald] mentioned an amatuer pirate crew who talked like pirates one day a year in one of his [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE - The Star is Malaysia’s most widely-read English language daily newspaper – the publication ran an online feature on Aug. 29th about Machines of Isle of Nantes [France]. (Why the article ran in Malaysia at all is probably a story unto itself, so we won’t concern ourselves with that today). “On the Ile de Nantes [Isle [...] [...more]
HILL CITY, Kan., March 30 – “An old feud between two factions at Hill City has broken out again. Hill City is the seat of Graham County.” According to the New York Times, in 1896 a riot was “narrowly averted” when the post office was moved across the street in the middle of the [...] [...more]
From the Florida Times-Union After an 18-year saga, the remains of downed F/A-18 pilot Michael Scott Speicher have been found in Iraq, the Pentagon announced Sunday, buried in a grave near where his plane crashed on the first day of Operation Desert Storm. “We thank the active duty men and women whose diligence has [...] [...more]
[Jacksonville, Fla.] – Jim King, long-time state lawmaker, dies after battle with pancreatic cancer “It’s hard to imagine that spark’s gone,” said former Jacksonville Mayor John Delaney State Sen. Jim King, a Jacksonville Republican whose blend of deal-making and humor made him among the state’s most powerful and popular legislators, died Sunday after a battle with pancreatic [...] [...more]
Part Four: The relationships which develop between those who serve together in military conflicts foster amazing relationships. Shared experiences bring together cultures and friendships to last a lifetime. Brothers in arms is short series of stories about a triangulation of two Jacksonville, Fla. military officers and an Afghani translator ~ ~ I’d like to hear [...] [...more]
Part Two: The relationships which develop between those who serve together in military conflicts foster amazing relationships. Shared experiences bring together cultures and friendships to last a lifetime. Brothers in arms is short series of stories about a triangulation of two Jacksonville, Fla. military officers and an Afghani translator ~ ~ The year is 2006. Ajmal [...] [...more]
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