Today’s high at Shannon Airport was 103 degrees F, with a dewpoint of 77.  That works out to a heat index of 120 degrees!  Not only that, but the air temperature was in the triple digits from the 12:37 pm observation to the 7:17 pm observatio…

The Internet has so many web sites and forums dedicated to the subject of dieting you would think that we are all obligated to talk about our weight-loss experience at some point in our life. And from my observation, for as many web sites there are tha…

The Internet has so many web sites and forums dedicated to the subject of dieting you would think that we are all obligated to talk about our weight-loss experience at some point in our life. And from my observation, for as many web sites there are tha…

The Internet has so many web sites and forums dedicated to the subject of dieting you would think that we are all obligated to talk about our weight-loss experience at some point in our life. And from my observation, for as many web sites there are tha…

It’s too hot to be outside, so in my efforts to amuse myself indoors today I give you a new page on O’DonnellWeb. It’s a directory listing of my MP3 directory. It’s not pretty or even particularly user friendly, but if you were dying to know if I owned X record, well this list may […]

A frontal passage tomorrow will trigger some strong storms sometime during the afternoon, and based upon the above graphical depiction of the available mixed layer CAPE (instability) and a quick review of forecast wind profiles I agree with the SPC tha…

I shot a portrait of Tim Scott, a football player from Colonial Forge High School in Stafford, to illustrate a story about college football recruiting. In retrospect, there were a few technical details I should have addressed. In particular, I think I should have hit the front of the box with a little  light as […]

“Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time. You were always on my mind. You were always on my mind.”Willie NelsonAnd so the excuse begins. And even as truthful, or as imaginative, that the excuse(s) may be your rational mind …

Birds on a Rock With One Flying ByThat pretty much sums it up. My obligatory mammal shot. Happy Mike. Well actually birds aren’t mammals because they lays eggs, metabolizes nutrients differently, they have a different digestive tract, and they have li…