Happy Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Launch Day

Happy Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Launch Day I hope you are able to enjoy many of the Apollo 11 “you are there” programs that are being shown online and on TV. I’ve been watching the CBS 4-hour rebroadcast of their coverage on YouTube, complete with commercials and CBS “regular” news coverage from that day in 1969. Wow, the commercials are

Chasing the Moon (PBS)

Chasing the Moon (PBS) I had just turned 11-years-old when the crew of Apollo 11 walked on the moon. I was a serious NASA fan, clipping newspaper articles on the flights and waking up my folks to watch launches on TV from my earliest memories. I had more than a passing interest in the Space program growing up. These past

Fitzgerald STEAM Lab Year 3 Debrief

Fitzgerald STEAM Lab Year 3 Debrief White board note: Don’t do content & new tech skills in the same lesson… It’s been about a month since I turned in my keys and got off this past school’s years challenging teaching treadmill. I’ve been very busy taking care of the very many of the things that got neglected over the past

The Consequences of Unfocused Blogging

The Consequences of Unfocused Blogging So, during last winter break I decided i the hopes of simplifying things that I needed to bring all of my various “blogs” (of varying interests and subjects) on to this main blog: joebustillos.com. Truthfully my blogging/posting average has dropped significantly since the Full Sail years when blogging was actually part of one of the

Maybe Cadet Bone Spurs and his followers should read their “favorite” book!

This is especially true of those churches/denominations who claim to be “whole bible” believers…

Women of NASA During Apollo: Poppy Northcutt

Whether you are good at some career has nothing to do with your gender or the color of your skin or the community you grew up in or the language you speak at home or your grandmother’s religion… this is the American Dream, that you succeed on the basis of your efforts!

Come Back To Me After You’ve Read The Mueller Report

No one is above the law. Lying is not the new norm. Both sides are not the same. This has not helped nation in its relationships with other nations. Come back to me after you’ve read the mueller report. Period.

Blame/Credit Confusion

Blame/Credit Confusion This one popped up in my feed: I love Donald Trump. And, I am not afraid to admit it. I don’t always agree with him. 20 percent of the time, I disagree with him. But, 80 percent of the time, I agree with him. I only agreed with Barack Obama 20 percent of the time. 80 percent of

Surprising Numbers Stepping on the Scale After a Few Years

In my many travels yesterday, I picked up a few things that hadn’t survived the move last summer or the move from Florida. One of the items was a weight-scale. Tracking my weight had been important following my illness in 2012-2014, but it just hadn’t registered these past few years. So I picked one up yesterday, and stepped on the