Something tells me you’re new to Bearings… Welcome! Please subscribe to the RSS feed to continue your journey!Rarely am I on the other side of the lens. Call it bashfulness. On a recent trip to the Titan 1 Missile Silo, however, a Mr. Thomas M. from Pennsylvania was somehow able to sneak me in a […]

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Photo courtesy Google.
My friend, Jo Guldi passed this link on to me, so I figured I’d pass it on to you. When I first posted it, I planned on just copying and pasting the image, adding a few lines of text, and clicking Save. Once I got to writing this entry, however, one question led […]

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She is a real beauty, and I’m more than happy to have been on-board her thrice, but the time has come for the SS Independence to be towed away to the breaker beaches of Alang, India. According to two to three sources, the boat has not only been sold by Norwegian Cruise Lines, […]

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One of my resolutions for 2008 was to update this site and make it a bit more user-friendly.  Granted, I’m only about 1/3 of the way there, but as you’ll notice, I’ve added a few tweaks.
If you find an article especially interesting or appealing, you now have the option of sharing it via a suite […]

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This is the historic Longmont Refinery today. Captured from the ground floor, this large format image shows exactly how many pipes, catwalks, and tanks occupy a typical refinery. Walking through a sugar refinery fills your mind with conjecture, shock, amazement, and curiosity — all at once (photo copyright Jon Haeber)

Editor’s Note: From the founding of […]

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