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There was a time when Europeans looked down at just about everything that happened in England’s former colony. Throughout the early decades of the 1800s, the general European view of the young United States was less than flattering – we were considered the rude, crude cousin no one wanted to associate with at a […]
Greetings sky watchers – let us kick off May with a run down of things to look for in the morning sky. Saturn can be found in Aquarius, the Water Bearer in the ESE to SE as dawn brightens. Shining at +0.9 magnitude, a telescopic view would show the rings tipped just 8.0 degrees […]
“Okay,” my father said, “Push in the clutch, pull out the choke, turn the key, and step on the starter pedal.” When the engine came to life, he had me adjust the choke until the engine was idling smoothly and then continued: “Now put the shift down into first like I showed you. Give […]
On November 1 , 2022, an Earth orbiting probe ended its three and a half year mission with a firey plunge through the atmosphere. Amazingly, the mission was slated to last a year, so the sponsoring organization, The Planetary Society, got a lot more bang for their buck. Launched on June 25, 2019, the […]
Let us start the month with the elephant in the room, or should we say in the western sky? Venus remains the star of the show, so to speak, dominating the western sky. After Venus and Jupiter had their very close encounter early in March, they began to drift apart until Jupiter dropped out of […]
The late Tom Hartzell and I were having a discussion about the Pacific Northwest in the lunchroom one day. Tom mentioned he and his wife would be vacationing there in the near future, so I took the opportunity to ask him a little favor. I said, “Well, if you happen to find an ashtray […]
You probably recognize the last name in the title and are thinking, “Hey bud, you got the wrong first name. Don’t you mean ‘Micky Dolenz’?” You are half right – I am talking about the former lead singer and drummer of The Monkees, but we will get to the ‘Michael’ part in a bit. […]
It was interesting to read how the guitar / amplifier company EVH founded by the late Eddie Van Halen has evolved since its inception. The roots of the venture go all the way back to 1990-1992 when the Peavey company began working with Eddie on a signature model amp (the EVH 5150). The company […]
Cartoons have been one of my life-long obsessions. I don’t mean ‘obsession’ as in ‘I collect them’, I just love reading them. Since the first days I picked up the Marquette Mining Journal, my habit has been to start with the comic page. In the past, I have mentioned that the MMJ comics were […]
UPDATE NO. 1 – AS OF MARCH 20, 2023, OUR FUND RAISING EFFORT FOR A NEW TRANSMITTER IS IN FULL SWING – WHILE I AM HAPPY TO REPORT WE ARE 1/3 OF THE WAY TO OUR GOAL OF $2,850, WE HAVE A WAYS TO GO. ANY AMOUNT YOU CAN COMMIT TO HELPING US UPGRADE IN […]