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If that first grand prix in Bahrain is any indication of the possibilities of the new season, the world championship fight should be one of the most epic ones in memory! It's not often you can watch a grand prix and truly be OK with whoever came out on top in the end, particularly when it was that closely fought in the final five laps. Will Red Bull use their new found pace and stability…

A recent post where I opened up about the feelings that came out of a seemingly innocuous conversation with Katie on a rainy day trip for school photographs really seemed to strike a chord with the community of friends on Facebook with whom I shared the link to the story. The prevailing view seemed to be on the scale of being moved to tears themselves to actually thinking I'm a writer. The irony was that…

It's not the cheapest technique I can envision but it certainly was very successful this afternoon! Ingredients: Planet MarsMars Reconnaissance OrbiterMars 2020 Perseverance Lander"Seven Minutes of Terror" So, nerd that I am (and have been repeatedly accused of being by my daughter Katie!)...of course I was taking a break from the current project of mining the interesting Facebook posts of the past several years and preserving them for posterity on sunfox.com to watch the play-by-play…

Oh, what to do on a dreary Saturday morning doing it's best imitation of properly wet and dreary British weather? I've spent the morning going to the shoppes for groceries, Nick's off to work at DQ and I'm thinking it's well past time for lunch but haven't a clue what I'm in the mood for considering that my local Burger King was recently torpedoed amidships and is going to be in dry dock for a…

A week ago, Katie and I had a bit of time together as I had collected her from Clayton for her photo appointment at Enloe High School...a task that necessarily did not include her constant companion named Mistletoe! As we're on the way back toward Clayton, the conversation turned toward the looming second impeachment trial of former President Trump who stands accused of "inciting an insurrection" and how different Washington DC was now compared to…

Today's bit of joy dealing with customer disservice comes to us courtesy of Amazon. Now, don't get me wrong...Amazon has been a god-send during the pandemic to keep me out of the brick-and-mortar germnasiums and help with practicing social distancing (yay!) without having to wear a mask (not so yay!). And to be fair, the vast majority of orders come through quickly and correctly though they could certainly add a bit more padding in the…

Watching the Penguins-Rangers game being played in a nearly empty Madison Square Garden and listening to the crowd noise backing track and I can’t help but wonder this: Did the Rangers slip in that very distinctive wolf whistle you often hear at MSG that is followed by the entire arena yelling “POTVIN SUCKS!!!"? I haven’t heard it yet but wouldn’t be surprised if they slipped it in a couple of times when the network censor…

I came across some interesting bit of local news this morning prior to making the usual journey to collect Katie, Alex, and Mistletoe for today's bit of virtual schooling at the house. It seems that someone fell asleep at the wheel round 0420 and ended up torpedoing the Burger King that I tend to visit every now and then with a direct hit amidships. Fortunately, the driver will apparently be OK but to give you…

The motorcade carrying President Biden and Vice President across the Memorial Bridge to Arlington National Cemetery on their way to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Dad’s section would be behind the Visitor’s Centre (to your right as you’re looking back toward Abe’s place over the bridge). Thanks to the President and Vice President for allowing me a glimpse of a place I hold very near and dear to my heart forever. :) UPDATE: I…

Two weeks ago, Katie and I were watching the debate in the Senate after the challenge to Arizona's slate of electors during the certification of the Electoral College votes that was set to confirm President-Elect Biden's victory in November. All of a sudden, Vice President Pence interrupted Senator Lankford of Oklahoma who was in the middle of his speech and abruptly adjourned the session subject to recall of the chair and hustled out of the…

If tuning into CSPAN and CSPAN2 isn't enough to convince people you're a masochistic political junkie (though truth be told, most of the time it is for Prime Minister's Questions from the British House of Commons on Wednesday morning!)…noticing that the graphics used to show the vote tally during the House of Representatives recorded votes has not significantly changed since 1979 certainly will! And whilst we're on the subject of the yeas and nays…even though…

OK, so it probably won't be as momentous as the "To The City and the World" blessing given by His Holiness the Pope but reflecting on the year that was and the thoughts for the year that is yet to be is a tradition I truly do enjoy. There's no getting round the fact that 2020 was a complete dumpster fire of epic proportions and any semblance of normality has gone out the window for…

My 10 year-old builder-installed Carrier heat pump decided it really wasn't all that keen on continuing it's job of pumping heat into the house. To be fair, that Carrier system was never particularly competent at heating heating both floors simultaneously so I'd often turn off one floor to heat the other. And of course, this is all happening right before Christmas when the mercury took a nosedive! Jason of Wake Heating and Air came highly…

Lots of presents littered the floor, three happy kids, and the occasional bit of ham and the trimmings…it was a very good day hanging about at Julia's place for Christmas. And there were things to be learnt as well…not only am I completely rubbish at this new card game called Fluxx, I'm not significantly better at another card game called "Exploding Kittens". Yes, it's kind of as weird as it sounds but at least Nicholas…

1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to…

Even though these pictures were taken the day after the closest approach of Jupiter and Saturn to each other that has been observed in 800 years, it was still an impressive sight. I wasn't sure how good the viewing angle would be from the cul-de-sac last night so I was content to see where they were with binoculars with some of the more nerdly-inclined neighbours. Tonight's fun would involve bringing out the longest focal-length camera…

As I'm waiting to make the right turn onto the I-440 East ramp, I happened to notice that this particular mail van is delivering a bit more than the usual pile of bills and junk mail. I love it that this particular carrier managed to requisition a decent sense of humour which is decidedly lacking in the ones that tend to "service" my address. Goodness knows I needed it this morning after an evening enjoying…