Let me set the record straight once and for all.  Jethro Tull was a real person.  He was an 18th Century agriculturist known for inventing the seed drill.  Tull’s name was sugges…

     Over the decades it has existed, January has been a hard month for NASA (followed closely by February).  Sadly, the loss of the Apollo 1 crew during a training session on January 27, 1967 m…

     I have an admission to make:  I have always been and continue to be addicted to reading newspapers.  It began innocently enough when I would grab the Marquette Mining Journal that the pape…

     The following artist’s names conjure up an instant mental image:  Cher, Elvis, Prince, Madonna, Rihanna, Shakira, Adele, Beyonce, Bono, Sting, Eminem, Sade, Kesha, Flea, and Slash (to nam…

       In each issue of a quarterly publication called The Planetary Report, the Planetary Society includes a trivia question.  Some are more challenging than others and everybody that emai…

       If you are wondering about my numbering system for the band Guns N’ Roses, let me count them off.  Version 1.0, the original line up that found fame with their debut album, include…