Back in the day, and I mean way back, I was given a tripod and transit and sent out to do some surveying.  I was never very good at it, at least not as good as I should have been to be a professional surveyor and fortunately for the world of construction I left that field for another.  However my lack of aptitude was a result of my lack of skill and focus and in no way should be laid at the feet of the time tested tripod which even today serves as a practical and reliable means of supporting…

This isn't really a blog but I didn't know where else to put it.  I wanted to let as many of you as possible know that Dennis Rodman has a FB page and it's a simple act to log on and just say Thanks.  I'm not a DR fan.  I don't even think of him unless he's in the news with one of his stunts.  But when a stunt or act of good will, whichever it may actually be, has even the remotest chance of bringing peace to anyone I think a thank you is in order.  So if you agree send DR a thank you. …