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…
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…
Productionizing My ADS-B Feeder
Overview Last September I started feeding ADS-B traffic to FlightRadar24 and FlightAware using a Raspberry Pi and a customized image. An antenna was first mounted on our 2nd floor deck…
Marching Band Nostalgia #3
I recently posted about my high school marching band days and then found myself watching a Iowa girls' basketball district playoff game at the high school gym; however, since my…
Boredom Averted
Uninterested in the scintillating girls' basketball game just feet away, this little girl found ways to pass the time. Image Credits Video © 2026, Scott C. Sosna, all rights reserved.
Letter Writing and Digital History
Mom wrote a letter to Grandmother when I was nine months old, thanking her for baby clothes. [Gotta love the AIR MAIL: despite the trials and tribulations of the United…
Homecoming Buttons
My grandfather attended Northwestern University before being drafted during World War II (for which I am eternally grateful, as he met my grandmother while stationed in New Mexico and therefore…