Swans on Tea

Via Faraday’s Cage, a link to a claim (noted as likely incorrect or confused) that Americans have read only six of the top 100 books on the NEA’s Big Read list.
The rules
1) Bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you have started but haven’t finished.
3) Place an asterisk by those you intend to read/finish someday.

The Secret at St. Sans, by Terri Kay
The Secret at St. Sans spans one year and starts with the newspaper report on the drowning death of Dr. Tom Swanson. Tom, an employee at the Tanner, Meyer and Smertz medical clinic, was the son-in-law of Dr. Brian Tanner, one of the clinic owners. But Tom’s [...]

Titanic Was Found During Secret Cold War Navy Mission
Ronald Thunman, then the deputy chief of naval operations for submarine warfare, told Ballard the military was interested in the technology—but for the purpose of investigating the wreckage of the U.S.S. Thresher and U.S.S. Scorpion.
Since Ballard’s technology would be able to reach the sunken subs and take [...]

The Top ten greatest experiments, with brief descriptions. More detail that the book review to which I previously linked.

NY Times book review
Johnson’s list is eclectic and his outlook romantic. “Science in the 21st century has become industrialized,” he states, with experiments “carried out by research teams that have grown to the size of corporations.” By contrast, Johnson (a longtime contributor to The New York Times) favors artisans of the laboratory, chronicling “those rare [...]

Email from a navy buddy of mine, who, prior to teaching and serving as one of my mentors, had been enlisted and served at sea.
A bunch of my Navy buddies and I compiled a list of sea stories, and had them published.
All proceeds to to the Navy and Marine Welfare Fund, which will benefit [...]