A fire that started on June 28th as a result of a lightning strike on the western edge of Hinesville, GA, has flared up again, sending an imposing column of smoke up over the town. I took a drive down highway 196 to see the extent of the damage. Residents of nearby mobile home parks [...]
It seems like it’s been forever since I wrote something, so I thought I’d post a bit of an explanation. I’ve been travelling for the past few days and it looks like I’ll be in transit for at least a few more. I’m going to Afghanistan for a short, 6-month deployment. I know, it sounds [...]
I’ve been busy this week, and I don’t want to rely on the patent office for all of my material. Instead, I thought I’d share some of the interesting links that have come my way recently.
We moved to the United States when I was 7 years old. Northeast Philadelphia, where we lived, had just as many other nationalities as it did Americans. I must have subconsciously picked up a few nuances of other cultures here and there as I learned English, though I didn’t notice. Of course, my mother did. [...]
You know how most lists of “xx pieces of trivia” are usually full of fiction? Well, I thought I’d come up with one that has some facts to back it up. Here are some interesting pieces of knowledge about the world, each with a relevant source:
