Meandering Thoughts #64
Love locks continue to be a trendy, touristy way to announce your love to the world: Cologne's Hohenzollern Bridge is estimated to have over 100,000 locks. Aside from the Hohenzollern…
Bossche Bollen
When I asked my Dutch friend her recommendations when visiting Den Bosch, she said - after the de rigueur St. Jan's Cathedral - Bossche Bollen. One mention not enough, she…
Attribution Done Right
While visiting the Netherlands recently, my wife and I rented a car for a short driving tour: Texel, Groningen, Den Bosch, and, most importantly, Keukenhof. The roads in the Netherlands…
Fastest Object Ever
My grandson and granddaughter participated in their first (I believe) Pinewood Derby race for their Scouting America troop. These unmanned cars, powered only by gravity, race down a track. Rules…
Random Learnings #70
The Swiss have guns; the Brits had bows and arrows. The Unlawful Games Act 1541 required males to own bows and arrows - 2 for boys under 17, 4 for…
Societas Non Grata
As an outcome of losing its US anti-trust case, Microsoft was forced to allow users to easily choose and install non-Microsoft browsers , the judge ruling that Microsoft had illegally…
Green Island Bottoms
Officially the Green Island Wildlife Management Area, it is (was?) the Green Island Bottoms to locals. Though I grew up in and around Green Island, a place where people fished…
Birmingham Athletics?
During stoppage time of the Aston Villa/Brentford Premier League match, the home supporters were shown becoming increasingly frustrated as Villa could not break the Brentford 10-man defense. Aston Villa did…
Oh My Hawks
John Raoux / AP Doris Kearns Goodwin is a life-long, long-suffering Red Sox fan who experienced many heart-wrenching losses over her years. I saw an interview where she described trying…
The NCAA Remains Delusional
As my step-father's mental health declined, he started espousing various conspiracy theories, once explaining to my wife how the the government seeded clouds with mental filings to allow reading people's…