LEGWORK:  Having spent 8-plus hours in the car yesterday, I was determined that today would be 110 percent car free. We walked up and over...

BIG SKY COUNTRY: The day dawned dark and blustery, with rain coming down in sheets. What a perfect day to drive to Hillsboro, Ore. , some f...

FASCINATING:   We subscribe the Library of Congress ' daily email from their Teaching with the Library of Congress blog. I heartily re...

   Photo: India Space Research Organisation  UP & AWAY!:  Last night the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C25 launched from the p...

ASTROPUP: Yesterday marked the 56th anniversary of the launch of Laika, the mutt the Soviet space agency sent aloft back in 1957. Laika wa...

                 CAR TALK: Job 1 today was getting the lil Fit serviced. It was due for its first ever oil change.  The maintenance light...

OFF TO GET THE CANDY:   Today was The Day. CJ has been counting down to This Day for about three weeks now, reminding me that I only had X...