Big Ben, as the iconic clock sitting atop the Houses of Parliament in London, turned 150 years old today, May 31. The clock still runs mechanically […]
In a post on this blog shortly after the November Presidential General Election, we featured a picture of then-President Bush talking to President-Elect Obama from the […]
The vast majority of high-end mechanical grandfather clocks, whether they have cable driven movements or the chain driven movement type, have 8 day movements. This means […]
In modern times, at least in most New Year’s celebrations witnessed by the author of this blog post, people who are indoors generally huddle around the […]
Not too late into the night of November 4, 2008, and shortly after Senator John McCain conceded defeat, President George W Bush called the newly victorious […]