I was deleting photos from my camera tonight and decided to share some with you from the past few weeks.
This is the final photo that filled up the memory card: It’s of the Rose Parade public safety staging area in the Civic Center between City Hall and Police Headquarters. I shot it at about 9 [...]
If you are one of the many who are not inclined to actually wake up to watch the Rose Parade, but still want to see the floats, and perhaps even walk around them, here’s what you need to know: As usual, floats can be seen at the end of the parade [...]
Before the silly string, before the RVs and beer coolers and bleachers and picnic chairs, it all took place on a small chunk of land south of California Boulevard, known as “town lot.” Sandwiched today between the Caltech athletic buildings and a fenced-off residential neighborhood, the small sliver of grass known as Tournament Park was where [...]
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh. Today we laugh at [...]
There has been a plethora of bad news in past weeks as we try desperately to put an end to this turbulent decade. So it might be forgiven if you missed the news that yet another seven banks failed and were seized by the FDIC just last Friday. Failure for one however, always means opportunity [...]
It’s been called the most influential psychology book that was never published. In 1914, Carl Jung began an effort self-exploration, developing his principle theories such as the collective unconscious and individuation. Over 16 years, Jung put his thoughts and illustrations in "The Red Book", which he transcribed in calligraphic script and filled with his own [...]
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John Wright
I almost didn’t get to drive the rovers.
As one of the five developers of the software used to build the command sequences and rehearse and visualize the rover activities, I really wanted to be one of the people using it in flight. Unfortunately, only three members of the team were selected to be [...]
The cover of Ben Yagoda’s Memoir includes a laurel wreath, an astronaut’s helmet, and a pilot’s cap, invoking the idea that one can wear many hats—and write with many personalities. And as Yagoda insists, memoirs are not 100% true, and the parts that are true may be hard to identify. Listing hundreds of examples of [...]
The cover of Ben Yagoda’s Memoir includes a laurel wreath, an astronaut’s helmet, and a pilot’s cap, invoking the idea that one can wear many hats—and write with many personalities. And as Yagoda insists, memoirs are not 100% true, and the parts that are true may be hard to identify. Listing hundreds of examples of [...]
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