Garage lighting issue

Something has been irritating me for quite a while now, and I finally decided how I'm going to fix it.

Low-background steel

In this post, I'm going to dig a little into a novel material called "Low-Background Steel".  We will get a little bit into metallurgy, the atomic age, and radiation detection.  Should be fun!

Rattlesnake, Whiskey and Uranium

One of the weirder traffic stop stories I've read about lately...

Losharik Submarine Fire - Updated

Yet another reminder how easy it is for crew members in submarine service to be killed by their own ship...

Earthquake where I once lived

I lived in Ridgecrest, California for about 10 years.  It was a pretty neat little town; isolated from most of the troubles of large California cities by large areas of the Mojave desert.  The air was clean by California standards, crime was low, and the schools were pretty good.  People there were kind-hearted and generous.

Happy Independence Day

From Spirit Lake, Idaho

Releasing my inner Oliver Douglas.  The tractor is a 1939 John Deere Model H.

Radioactive junk at my house

We've been going through a relative's stuff, and helping her to downsize now that she's getting up there in age.  As part of the process of sorting through those possessions, my wife was given a box of ceramic dishes.  She thought that they were pretty and wanted to display them.

Finishing the shop bathroom - Updated and Completed

This will be a long post.  It's been a long project.  I've got five days invested and have a couple more remaining.  Also, I took a lot of photos.

I had some material left over from a previous drywall DIY project (linked).  I decided to tackle another project out in the shop using the remaining materials.  I ended up using all the leftover stuff, and had to buy a great deal more material to complete this project, so that logic was a bit flawed...

New Old Cellphone

The cellphone that I use in the shop as an MP3 player recently failed. 

Nuisance Birds

I took this picture today from my car.  This is in a neighbor's front yard.