I’m headed home for the holidays, and that most likely means I won’t be posting until I’m firmly back in the saddle in 2007.
To all my family, friends and loyal readers — Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

The hilarious folks over at JibJab are ringing in the season with their 2006 Year in Review video, “Nuckin’ Futs!”
Check out Britney Spears, George Bush, Mel Gibson, Saddam Hussein, Lance Bass, Kim Jong-Il and more singing about how the world went nuckin’ futs in 2006!
It’s way too funny, and I still can’t stop watching it. […]

The Airbus A380 received its Type Certification jointly from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 10 months before launch customer Singapore Airlines is due to receive its first commercial model.
The EASA A380 Type Certificate was signed by EASA’s Executive Director, Patrick Goudou, and the FAA A380 Type Certificate […]

Space shuttle Discovery roared towards the heavens on Saturday evening, starting a 12-day mission with the first night launch in four years.
The STS-116 mission is the 33rd for Discovery and the 117th space shuttle flight. During the mission, the crew of seven will continue construction on the international space station by rewiring the orbiting laboratory […]

The weather here in Colorado always makes for interesting mornings, as witnessed here in an image I captured of the sunrise on December 7. It’s rare I’m up early enough to see the sun come up, but fortunately for me I was, and stopped my car in just the right time to snap this shot. […]