Train Tuesdays One of my guilty pleasures is reading Clive Cussler novels. I’ve been working my way through the Dirk Pitt series with my favorite so far being Deep Six. I’ve also been reading the new Isaac Bell series of books Cussler co-writes with Justin Scott. I like this series in part because I’m a [...]
Most movies about the future depict amazing technological advances and an evolved society. I enjoyed a Mike Judge comedy called Idiocracy starring Luke Wilson with a very different view of the future. Low-Tech Times Rating = 3 stars Learn More: Click the link to read Idiocracy reviews and/or purchase from Amazon.com: Tweet (function(d, s, id) [...]
Train Tuesdays Here’s the clip from the classic movie Stand By Me. According to a Trainorders.com discussion, the scene was filmed on the McCould River Railroad. The complete classic movie is available on DVD from Amazon.com: Tweet (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; [...]
Train Tuesdays Vice President of the United States VP Biden wrote an editorial entitled Why America Needs Trains: In 1830, the first steam-engine locomotive, the Tom Thumb, graced America’s railways. Its first run was a rickety 13-mile trek from Baltimore to Ellicott Mills, Md., but it became much more than that. It marked the beginning [...]
DC101′s Elliot in the Morning show had a couple interesting topics this Thursday. First, they talked about a good example of what is wrong with this country: Stupid Homeowners Association Tries To Force 90 Year Old Veteran to Remove Flagpole Another interesting topic on Elliot in the Morning was a discussion about mixtapes… I have [...]