The Lure of the Open Road

This guy's grandma traveled from New York to New Orleans by bicycle and riverboat, at the age of 21. During World War II.

Read their book for free online at The Lure of the Open Road.

World's messiest car

Can you guess who has the world's messiest car?

This is of interest mainly because it's NOT ME.

Geography Quiz

I think I got two of these right.

10 of the World's Smallest Animals

10 of the World's Smallest Animals

#4 is a horse which is smaller than my dog.
#5 is a cat which, full grown, fits in a drinking glass.
#9 is a cow. What would be the point of that?

via Oddee.com

Safe drugs in the Third World

One of the great things about our country is that we have a stable and safe supply of reliable medications, regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. What do you do for people in countries without the infrastructure to regulate medicines? Who will protect them from counterfeit or low quality drugs?

Entrepeneurs Thompson and Sigworth have noticed this situation, and are developing a means for people in developing countries to authenticate the unregulated medicines they buy. I think this is great. I hope they succeed.

Sidebar: I babysat Taylor Thompson when he was a little boy. Link goes to a photo of him all grown up.

Radio Shack Catalogs

Dude has created an online archive of Radio Shack Catalogs, starting in 1939.

This is of interest mainly because my brothers and father have experience and education in radio.

The Story about Ping

I remember reading this precious little book when I was a girl, but I never got the same message from it that this reviewer on Amazon did: The Story About Ping