Posted By RichC on February 12, 2026
NASA and SpaceX have delayed this week’s Crew-12 launch because of the weather, even though conditions at Florida’s Cape Canaveral launch site will be good to go.
Check out the WeatherChannel page to see why weather below the rocket’s flight path is the big concern.
Posted By RichC on February 11, 2026
I surprised myself in that I included this quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson on a filler blog post before, but it is good enough to include again.
Also, I’ve also been looking for an excuse to post a photo of the crock that has my college roommates hometown on it. I can remember visiting and hearing about his area as “pottery capital of Ohio” (see below) from him back in the late 1970s. This gave me an excuse to smile. 😊
Posted By RichC on February 10, 2026
This past weekend brought some extra extreme beach erosion … prior to the hopeful beach restoration in Delray Beach, Florida. We normally walk out onto at least “some” kind of beach but it is not a 10 foot drop-off when walking out our normal pathway. I suspect the city will close this due to a bit of a dangerous slide-in?
Also, saw a large older schooner northbound while walking along the beach. Curious what it might be? Nevertheless, it was well offshore and impressive.
Posted By RichC on February 9, 2026
The best part Super Bowl LX, that saw the Seattle Seahawks top the New England Patriots 29-13, was the “non-official” halftime show over on YouTube.
Turning Point USA did an outstanding job with a variety of musical artists from a strings duet to country to rock … Kid Rock to be precise. It was very well done including my favorite by Robert Ritchie (aka: Kid Rock) toward the end that Charlie Kirk would have appreciated (be sure to watch if from 1 hr 10 min to the end):
“There’s a book that’s sitting in your house somewhere that could use some dusting off. There’s a man who died for all our sins hanging from the cross. You can give your life to Jesus, and he’ll give you a second chance …”
Posted By RichC on February 8, 2026
Although the Winter Olympics has taken a back seat to Super Bowl LX and kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie this week, I’ve still been semi-paying attention to the U.S. Figure Skating due to both Katelyn and Megan. I passed along a WSJ article last week highlighting the “Quad-god” Ilia Malinin and have been hoping for a U.S. Gold. DONE!
Ilia Malinin leads Team USA to 2nd consecutive gold in Olympic figure skating team event
Team USA defended its Olympic figure skating team event gold medal on Sunday after Ilia “Quad God” Malinin ushered the team to victory at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, attempting a total of five quad jumps.
The U.S. and Japan were tied at 59 points before the men’s free skate, the final event of the team competition. It came down to Malinin’s performance to decide the podium placement, and the 21-year-old two-time World champion didn’t disappoint. He earned a score of 200.03, topping Japan’s Shun Sato (194.86) who substituted for Yuma Kagiyama who outperformed Malinin on Saturday in the short program.
Posted By RichC on February 8, 2026
Spotted this simple jig for my router table that might be useful in the woodworking workshop … or at least looks simple enough to make – besides, I already have a couple bearing.
Posted By RichC on February 7, 2026
