Springsteen’s 75th birthday, and recent epic performances of “Darlington County” and “Youngstown” in Baltimore

It’s almost inconceivable that he can keep this up much longer, but it’s a near miracle that we can still marvel at it right now while we can.  If you don’t believe me, you don’t need to take my word for it any longer.  My lovely wife finally agrees after a rousing performance at Camden… Continue reading Springsteen’s 75th birthday, and recent epic performances of “Darlington County” and “Youngstown” in Baltimore

Thomas Edison and the eccentric nature of genius

The Wizard of Menlo Park invented the modern world, pioneering everything from recorded sound to the light bulb, but he did with an eccentricity inseparable from his unique genius. If Thomas Alva Edison had invented the phonograph alone, the world’s first device for recording and playing back sound, he would have been considered a genius. … Continue reading Thomas Edison and the eccentric nature of genius

Wait, electric cars are bad now too? Apparently, The New York Times and CNN just discovered electric vehicles don’t run on pixie dust

Environmentalists take aim at the mining projects required to obtain the lithium and other minerals required to build electric car batteries.  If electric cars are to work, we need lithium, lots of it, 42 times more than we produce today, but buckwheat found in Nevada stands in the way of a critical new mine.  The… Continue reading Wait, electric cars are bad now too? Apparently, The New York Times and CNN just discovered electric vehicles don’t run on pixie dust