Order from Chaos

The Brave Astronaut Clan is heading out for some much needed vacation time.  No, not to Vacationland again this year - we're staying a l...

The Brave Astronaut clan is readying itself for the big trip north to celebrate Brave Astronaut's dad's 85th Birthday!  We usually a...

The Brave Astronaut is wrapping up a trip through the Empire State this week, having attended the Spring 2014 MARAC Meeting in Rochester, Ne...

The Brave Astronaut Clan is on the road for another professional meeting.  LBA and and SoBA are along for the ride - but they're really ...

The Brave Astronaut Clan is on Spring Break this week.  Time to see the USA - or at least a little corner of it.  The Huffington Post put o...

Happy Boxing Day to all. The Brave Astronaut Clan is heading north today to visit with my family - for the second year in a row all of my s...

I get a variety of trivial information delivered to me via email each morning (this day in history, birthdays. etc.). One email service I s...

I traveled to Jersey City, New Jersey yesterday to pick up my new (used) car. I've put a picture at the bottom so you can see my new r...

True confession time: Many years ago, I was leaving work after a particularly crappy day. As I was moving up the aisle of the parking lot, ...

It is nearly midnight here in Maryland and I have learned that the Chicago Cubs fans are invoking their never ending mantra, "Wait ...

The Vatican has published its "rules of the road," with the intention of keeping motorists "on the road to salvation, warning...

As I prepare for the next weekend in New York, here are the answers to the quiz on the New Jersey Turnpike. If you're in Syosset on Satu...

Last week, I wrote about the Long Island Expressway. Living with it so close to home, literally, and now that my daily commute takes me on a...

The Brave Astronaut family are off this weekend to visit with my father. There is sure to be more cleaning (he moves in two weeks) but we a...

My weekend road trip to New York took me up and back on the New Jersey Turnpike. It's a 120 miles of toll road that I think I have paid ...

I commute to work every day about 13 miles, primarily using the Capital Beltway. There are some occasions when I can easily see the opportu...

My wife's dream has come true, sort of. For years, my wife believed there should be a system by which one could call the person in the c...

Nobody likes getting stuck in traffic. When I lived in New York, I commuted by car to my job. When I lived in Poughkeepsie and commuted to...

This past week, the population of the United States surpassed the 300 million mark. So now what? We live in a nation that can't support ...

I recently received a form in the mail to renew my drivers license in the mail. I have had a drivers license twenty years now and this is th...