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The Problem of Space Travel, by Hermann Noordung, is a good book.

Every autumn, cheese farmers rise before the sun, and work until well after sunset, to gather in their bounty of cheddar!

I watched a YouTube video that gave a great definition of the Engineering Method.

Circa 1970, I read a large number of grade school reading books. One of them had a story in it about a boy who performed various athletic feats. The passage I remember from this book was the boy’s manager saying that his diet was rich in iron, and the boy was getting a part-time job as an anchor.

Paleontogical reconstructions evolve over time.

I took this picture on Drake Ave in Fort Collins. I was afraid to try to decipher the runes for fear of finding out there were some god damn neo-nazis in my neighborhood.

Microsoft Windows is a hideous mess.

The 6th Edition Unix kernel source code has a very weird struct:

/*
 * structure to access an
 * integer in bytes
 */
struct
{
    char    lobyte;
    char    hibyte;
};

Make one box of mac-n-cheese, kids scarf it and clamor for more.