So what do you do with a rare retired warbird that's 70 years young?

Give it a touch up on the old paintwork, put it in a museum and take it for the occasional airshow maybe?

Or would you rather cut of a few bits of superfluous fuselage and wing tips, tune the engine to near breaking point and race it at low level against other similar aircraft?

Well here are some good ol boys who do just that, welcome to the Reno air races ladies and gentleman

The Digital Plague
by: Jeff Somers

A very captivating writing style should hold the reader while flipping the pages.

Basically, a techno-thriller - ...once a single microscopic unit enters the body, it begins replicating.
Once there are enough units in the body, they begin...

Consuming!!

Very cool!

A friend just sent this to me this morning and I thought it was very nicely done and quite informative.
I hope is hasn't been presented here previously but here it is none-the-less:

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120731.html

My planned "road trip" to visit some "long-lost" friends & family, has, sadly, hit upon a major snag, in the form of a rather serious auto accident. The good news is that I'll be ok (after some therapy), and that I should make a 'more or less' full recovery, though it's likely to take several months to do so. I'll keep you lot posted as to deveolpments.

Yes...of course...it's none other than one of the infamous Blonde jokes (poor souls they be whether possessing dyed hair or not).

Anywho...here 'tis:

An Italian tourist asks a blonde, "Why do scuba divers always fall backwards off their boats?"

To which the blonde replies, "If they fell forward, they'd still be in the boat."

I received an email just moments ago regarding our friend, Morti's dad, Dave Morton, as follows:

This is Dave's mother. Dave was in a high speed motorcycle accident 7/9/12. We are praising the Lord daily for His mercies and miracles. Dave is in trauma Med/surg unit at Mercy San Juan Hospital in Carmichael, CA. He is slowly healing and probably will be able to come home soon. He has factures in all four limbs is going to need lots of therapies and tender loving care. He obtained no head injuries, but has multiple internal injuries, but doing good. You may send him cards to David Morton c/o Nancy Morton, po box 3834, Carson City, NV 89702. He doesn't have access to computer at this time, but soon should be able to use laptop and read emails.

Just for your information.