When you hear the grand announcement, that your wings are made of tin, then you know, Junior Bird Patrol, to send your box tops in! Up in the air, Junior Bird Patrol – up in the air, upside down; Up in the air, Junior Bird Patrol – with your noses to the ground! Boeing needs… Continue reading Return of the Money Buzzards
Category: Science and Technology
Fruit Flies Like a Bonanza
As regular readers of this Web log know, my brother Rob Roy and his son Jason have, for a number of months, been visiting me on Saturday mornings. The ostensible purpose of those visits is instruction of young Jason in the culinary arts and sciences, of which I am reasonably acquainted, having attended L’Ecole du… Continue reading Fruit Flies Like a Bonanza
Let’s Not and Say We Did
Little did I know that the continuing saga of Dr. Ivanna Figge-Newton’s sojourn in America would continue to involve Yours Truly, Tom Collins, Washington policy consultant, but choke me to death with hot spotted dick if it didn’t. Yesterday morning, around ten, my private secretary put me through to what must surely have been the most… Continue reading Let’s Not and Say We Did
British Physicist Ponders Scientific Mystery
I’ve always wondered about the English tradition of hyphenated last names. The whole concept strikes me as a perfect example of vain impracticality. As if a woman named Chuzzlewit didn’t have enough problems already – could changing her last name to Havisham be all that bad? Apparently so, and here comes Ms. Chuzzlewit-Havisham, tripping so… Continue reading British Physicist Ponders Scientific Mystery
One Lout Per Churl
Yesterday, shortly after noon, as has been a family tradition for several months now, my brother Rob Roy, his son Jason, and I once more sat down to enjoy the results of Jason’s Saturday lesson in gourmet cuisine, this time also honored by the Fates with the additional company of my lady friend Cerise, who… Continue reading One Lout Per Churl