Save Gas with This Electric Car

Ray: Those folks in England sure do know how to build great luxury sport cars. I mean, there’s Aston Martin, and ummmm… well I don’t really know. But perhaps the next great car to come from across the pond is the Lightning GT. This car runs on 100% electricity. But at an estimated $250,000, the [...]

Get Smart #9: R.I.F.

Seth: If you went to public school, you may have had R.I.F. in your earlier years. For those of you who didn’t, the initials stand for Reading Is Fundamental, a children’s literacy operation that I knew for giving away books in school. Once or twice a year, all the kids in school would go to [...]

How Smart (or Dumb) is Seth?

Ray: Can Seth figure this out by the end of the day? Doubt it. What about you?
1. Riddle me thoughts or riddle me things; What eleven coins make a dollar-nineteen?

2. I have 10 US Bills that total to $143.00. What 10 bills do I have?

Get Smart #8 – The Marine Chronometer

Ray: Why would you ever need to know what a Marine Chronometer is? Well, someday you might be out at sea when a storm hits and damages all of your electronic equipment. At that precise moment, you will remember that you read on Seth and Ray’s Blog that a marine chronometer will allow you to [...]

Copernicus – The Multi-Million Dollar Renaissance Man

Ray: Nicolaus Copernicus is a very famous guy. Even if you’ve never heard of him, you should know that he’s responsible for altering your universe and putting all of mankind in it’s place. His gift to the human race was a book that he wrote titled De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium or “On the Revolutions of [...]

The Cullinan, The Mulliner, and The Mansion

Ray: Please excuse my language in the title. This type of talk is usually reserved for those who have enough money to buy a small country. Because most of us will never have that kind of guap (pronounced ‘gwap’. Slang term for money), I decided to introduce you to the Billionaire’s lifestyle via Seth and [...]

We’ve Landed on Mars… Again

Ray: Usually, the story is about some alien or group of aliens that visit earth from some far out galaxy to suck our brains and take our land. In reality, we the people of earth (via NASA) have successfully landed The Mars Phoenix Lander on the surface of Mars.
Today marks the completion of a [...]

Is the World in the worst state EVER?

Ray: Now, I would like to present you with thoughts considering the real state of the world. Keep in mind that these thoughts are more than 30 years old. These thoughts belong to Mr. Will Durant and the following is an excerpt from The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time:
Will Durant: We think there [...]

Get Smart #7 – An Ode to Jack Daniels

Ray: I speak for men around America when I say that there’s nothing like a great whiskey. I love whiskey. I think Seth does too. Jack Daniels has been a great friend of mine for about 3 years now. I still remember the first time I met him at a bar in Philadelphia. The person [...]

Get Smart #6 – This freakin elephant can paint!?!?

Ray: Never underestimate any of God’s creatures. Geeze…