Thursday miscellanea #22

If you have to put an airliner in the drink, this is the way to do it (155 folks into the Hudson River; 155 folks out of the Hudson River alive!).  The pilot’s name is Chelsey B. “Sully” Sullenberger.  Bravo, sir! It is colder tonight than it has been in northern Alabama in six years.  … Read more

Ricardo Montalban dead at 88

Yeah, yeah, I know he was on that other show. He was also one of the better science fiction villains ever.  Montalban vanished into and became Khan Noonien Singh. Khan was frightening not only for his formidable intellect and physique, but because he wasn’t senselessly evil.  It was easy to sympathize with him.  His methods … Read more

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