Buckley’s Mix

Modern Times

I recently read a David Baldacci novel. I say this without an sense of shame, as such things are permitted when one travels, even as People magazine may be skimmed in a doctor’s office. The novel was written in 1997 and described then then cutting-edge technology of AOL, dial up connections, cars equipped with cellular [...]

Travel

A break from my blog for a few days, as I shall be travelling to Texas. Back Thursday. In one small Texas town I shall stay at the grandly named John Bell Hood suite, in a hotel that resembles the one in the film No Country for Old Men. “The Gallant Hood of Texas/ Fit [...]

Unsung heroes

In the nineteenth century, the Royal Navy took on Napoleon and established the greatest empire the world has ever seen. Oh yes, it also brought an end to the slave trade.

Hemi: The sweetest sound…

Google Street View

Some locals in Pittsburgh found out when the Google Street View cameras would pass by their street, and planned a surprise for them. Go to 488 Sampsonia Street in Pittsburgh in Google street view to see. Or go here.

Google Street View…

has finally gotten around to shooting my house. And, thank God, they didn’t catch me lying drunk on the sidewalk. That was someone else…