There will be a total lunar eclipse tomorrow night which I will make an attempt to photograph. The current forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies during the 10:01 to 10:51 pm eclipse. This could produce a nice effect if the moon is visible through the clouds, or it could ruin everything. We’ll see.

I recently had the opportunity to post on another blog as a guest for the first time. My coworker Eddie’s blog, Peculiar Recountings, had reached its 100th post, and my post A Celebration of the Century Mark was well… a celebration of the century mark. Check it out.

One morning last week, while driving to work, I heard a report on the news of a new study which concluded that “High-deductible health insurance plans favored by many employers often wind up being an unfair burden to women”. I was so shocked by some of the logic and reasoning I heard in the [...]

After spending four years in an engineering curriculum and the last several years designing structures I would like to think I have an above average appreciation for numbers. Every day I throw around an exorbitant amount of figures, checking this versus that and verifying that I have numbers to back up my solutions.
That being [...]

I just came across a link to this article on The Drudge Report. The link on Drudge and the title of the article on Reuters was listed as “Maine lawyer arrested after dressing as bin Laden…“. This would lead many to believe that a man was arrested for dressing as bin Laden, but obviously [...]

The most appealing non-fiction writing to me is that which uses logical systematic thinking to argue or demonstrate an idea or viewpoint as apposed to over-hyped sensationalism that plays on emotions and knee-jerk reactions.  That is one of the things I love about Walter Williams‘ writing.  His article published today on Townhall.com entitled

I frequently visit HowStuffWorks.com to check out their QuickStuff section located on the main page. In it they have a daily survey on seemingly totally random subjects. I was very disappointed by the results of today’s survey. The posed question was (emphasis mine):
Do you think advertisements should be banned from TV channels for [...]

I first need to thank Kevin C. for putting me on to Thomas Sowell.
In Sowell’s recent article “Studies prove….” he shows the deception and outright lies that can be told using results of statistical studies. Some of the experiences he shares are eye opening.
Lately I have found myself questioning the validity of [...]

This is the first post of my first blog. We’ll see how it goes from here.