A Tilting Lock? Brilliant!

http://gcaptain.com/this-tilting-lock-could-solve-traffic-problems-caused-by-movable-bridges/

Transportation networks, signage comparisons, nomadic wanderings, and a little snark...

The perfect post? Certainly high on the list

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/23/new-york-subway-homesick-london-underground-mta-map

(Declassified) CIA Bestiary of Intelligence Writing

A sample:

"Viable alternatives, nature's born troubleshooters, are moody and shy. They wander off when times are good because governments and officials tend to ignore them; when times are bad, officials are dismayed to discover that they don't have any."

http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/DOC_0000619161.pdf

Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell visits Puerto Chiapas, Mexico

http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007/2246154/

Well, that may get people's attention...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/09/16/climate-expert-washington-d-c-faces-significant-risk-of-record-high-floods/

If your folks don't know of this...

http://jorules.wordpress.com/

Sticking with a theme...

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/09/how-millennials-spend/379713/

On the proper garb for traveling...

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/a_fine_whine/2014/09/dressing_up_for_air_travel_in_defense_of_looking_nice_on_a_flight_or_train.html

Ah yes, the continuum

http://warontherocks.com/2014/08/peace-and-war-the-space-between/#_