Curiosity, the biggest, heaviest and most complex rover, landed successfully on Mars this evening.

Curiosity experiences its Seven Minutes of Terror tonight, or becomes loose parts scattered across Mars.

I love my iPad2 on long flights. Other than during takeoff and landing, I will often have it on the whole time. And while I have lots of “apps” for work and amusement, when it comes right down to it, I watch movies more than anything else while flying.

My great-grandfather Skinner, like his Skinner ancestors, was rather short. Indeed, when we went to visit our Skinner roots near Barnstaple in England, my wife had to put Post-It notes saying “Duck!” on all the door frames because I was too tall and kept bumping my forehead.

With a handgun, this guy hit the bad guy at 165 yards – four times! Look here.

It’s about two miles from where we live so I won’t have far to go. On the other hand, they charge a bunch just to come through the door, and then it’s all dealers with over-priced guns, ammo and accessories that will be selling. No walk-around sellers allowed.

I recently ordered a couple of [these](<http://bugasalt.com/). Shoots a pinch of table salt 3-5 feet to snuff household pests.

Note Added Later: My list of “direct books” is revised in a later post on this topic. Look here for that update.

To their credit, notice the trigger fingers of these two officers. They’re doing it right. Bravo!