This summer, we rode the 1880 Train, from Keystone SD to Hill City SD, and back. Easily worth the price of tickets, lots of fun, and you get to see South Dakota’s Black Hills in a way you won’t otherwise.

Found an unusual bum sign in Downtown Denver.

I have a grudge against spammers, SEO, and similar low-lifes. When and where I run Internet-facing web servers, I send “SEO search engines” down an infinite rabbit hole of web pages and images.

A Museum You Should Visit

Hot Springs, South Dakota has a unique museum, The Mammoth Site. If you’re anywhere near South Dakota’s Black Hills, The Mammoth Site is worth a stop.

This is from a package of “Tostitos” brand corn chips, “Hint of Lime Flavor”.

The Problem of Space Travel, by Hermann Noordung, is a good book.

Every autumn, cheese farmers rise before the sun, and work until well after sunset, to gather in their bounty of cheddar!

I watched a YouTube video that gave a great definition of the Engineering Method.

Circa 1970, I read a large number of grade school reading books. One of them had a story in it about a boy who performed various athletic feats. The passage I remember from this book was the boy’s manager saying that his diet was rich in iron, and the boy was getting a part-time job as an anchor.