Infinity at NASA Stennis Space Center

F-1 Rocket Engine - one of the most powerful machines ever made.

Where did you go to celebrate Christmas?  My son and I headed down to Louisiana to visit my parents, which was a trip long overdue since we haven’t observed with family members down south in eleven years.  After a couple of days of gorging ourselves with an enormous amount of food and sitting on our […]

Beauvoir, The Home of Jefferson Davis

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Today as I sat in church, I was reminded that this year marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.  In part of the sermon, I learned the story or perhaps an urban legend, about the origin of “Taps,” the military musical piece performed on a bugle or trumpet.  The story tells of a Union […]