Can it pop a wheelie?
I think at 18 I knew what a screwdriver was. Nice work, man, and keep it up.
H/T to the Corner, where Mr. Robbins notes that left alone, we can come up with answers far better than government.
Neat story:
Brian May, guitarist for rock band Queen, completes Ph.D. thesis following 30-year hiatus
Sure beats the Honoris Causae Harvard hands out like Pez. Has Ozzy Osbourne ever used a pressure-scanned Fabry-Perot Spectrometer? Did Mick Jagger ever record high-resolution spectra of the Zodiacal Light?
I think not.
(H/T to the Corner)
has sent along a link that will leave the transportation buffs (like my Dad) glued to their computers for a day or 70:
London Transport Museum
Your spouses will hate me forever, or thank me for getting you off facebook for a while.
What incredibly cool thing did I do this week?
Answer will follow later after I get to laugh at all the wacky guesses.
UPDATE: There were comparatively few wacky guesses, which makes me sad. I was hoping at least one person would suggest I went exploring the Polar Arctic with Scarlett Johannsen in a Bikini. (That would be the delectable Ms. J in the bikini, not me. I can't imagine why she'd consider going with me in the bikini.) Mind you, I'd rather actually go anywhere with her in a bikini than just have one of you suggest it, but still, a guy can dream about what his virtual friends will think of for him.
Regardless, I must now spill the beans on my great adventure. I went to ring the opening bell at the NY Stock Exchange earlier in the week. Our local archivists group was tapped quite late one afternoon to come down the next day to ling the berr. Fortunately I saw the email, and I was able to go. I didn't actually hit the button, but I was there on the podium and have the image to prove it.
It was extremely cool. The Board Room at NYSE is humongous - I think my house would fit in it. A good time was had by all, even if I had to do a lot of traveling to get there.
New York City Subway Maps from the 1880s to the present. I looked back at some from the 70s, and I had forgotten how much the routes have changed - some of the trains I used to take now follow completely different paths.
