MY NEXT RIDE: A FANTASY Clarification: Not my last ride.  As enjoyable as it appears, there comes a point during the fantasy when the Corvette Stingray that I have eyes for turns into a pumpkin rotting in a cold October field. Discovering that the MSRP begins at 60 grand, before bells and whistles, chokes the … More A Harmless Side Trip

https://www.boston.com/news/science/2019/04/11/mit-katie-bouman-black-hole We all have experienced black holes somewhere along our own timelines. Some of us continue to be threatened with annihilation should we accidentally fall into the gravitational pull of the beast. An interesting find of mine is I can sense the presence of a black hole; the type that exists here on this planet … More Black Holes and Bad Memories

Way back in 1960, my last year on USS Sirago SS-485, there was a young man name Jim Piehl. He was an engineman striker, which means he was trained as an engineman but was unrated. Jim was a good worker. More than good. He was an outstanding worker and his mates liked him a lot. … More Remembering Jim Piehl

ABLUTION: His own Word-of-the-Day. As he performed, he thought of his age and his seeming gain on life’s attendant ignorance that living long brings. Words that came to him naturally went unusable. He did not know their meaning. As life passed, he took time, exponentially, to learn. Today’s word is “ablution”. He just performed it … More It Refines