Nanotechnology is a branch of technology concerned with dimensions and tolerances of less than 100 nanometers and particularly involves the manipulation of individual atoms and molecules.

I have always been interested in the concept of nanotechnology. However, endeavors related to paying the bills along with the capital expenditures required to pursue such endeavors prevented me from any serious study.

Suffice it to say mine is a high level programming existence and that is the full extent of my technological sphere aside from the requisite hardware and media skills which go hand in hand with it.

The pursuit of science is often limited by the purse strings.

October 9 is National Nanotechnology Day. Each October 9th is a day reserved for the celebration and awareness of how nanotechnology enriches our lives.

So though I cannot really participate due to funding issues and matters of professional interest — I can certainly celebrate the successes of those who do participate in the development of nanotechnology and the possibilities it enables.

Our science is seriously curtailed by those persons who saw fit to keep from us much of that which is history and present endeavors. They have claimed this "right" in the name of security and maintianing control of we, the slaves of the petrochemical industry, main bitch of the military industrial complex.

However technology remains out there to be pursued. We approach that time when much more will be known than is generally available for study at this time.
 

The last skyscraper I went into was in Houston Texas while there on business a long time ago. The building was in the Post Oak section of town and was adjacent to the Bechtel building where I was working and appeared tall and thin. I felt that it swayed in the breeze for the brief time I was there ...

Which certainly wasn't a long interval.

Today is National Skyscraper Day. It is an annual observance held each September 3rd and recognizes these spectacularly tall habitations utilized for living and working as the marvels of human engineering they are.

The day is the anniversary of the birth of Louis H Sullivan who is said to be the "father" of modern skyscrapers. The name skyscraper originates in the 1880s in the United States as a moniker for high rise buildings.

I am not one to study the worlds construction — but I must say that skyscrapers leave me awestruck at the notion of long term utilization of them.

I'd like to consider what sort of height limitations may exist but I just cannot really go there for fear of bad karma.

I recall the 2008 contemporary horror flick Cloverfield set in New York City and the main hero Rob looking out the window of his girl Beth's apartment which was Unit 3910 in the second tower of the Time Warner Center at 10 Columbia Circle in Manahttan overlooking Central Park.
 

The digs were positively spectacular and the building appeared to be as high as the the view one might observe from an airplane. The building ended up falling and was leaning on the adjacent tower from which the young lady was rescued from beneath a beam prior to their perilous departure as a plot item.

The astounding thing was in retrospect, it wasn't even the tallest building in the immediate vicinity.

Suffice it to say that though I worked on the 10th floor of a local office building for some thirteen years it was not something I would have chosen for myself. I prefer to keep my feet on the ground if you don't mind. Happy National Skyscraper Day anyway. If you're one of the many who enjoy a sky high lifestyle either working, residing, or both more power to you !
 

I've been a doodler all my life.

I recall in elementary and high school my classroom papers would likely be festooned with various scribbles which were the result of something going on of the imaginary and multi tasking variety ...

Even back then.

I never got in trouble. Nobody ever inquired regarding them. I just figured they were of insufficient merit.

Today is Doodle Day. Annually persons who feel they are famous submit various doodles to mark the day. These are later auctioned off on ebay to support those suffering from epilepsy.

I don't think I'll be submitting anything to the auction competition.

While I understand the need for monetary support of those who deal with epilepsy.

The crux of the observance of Doodle Day for me personally is the creation of that which formerly did not exist.

That artistic hair running through me tickles me into action every now and then. Even if my efforts aren't all that.

I feel the spirit of the day is what is important. So I did a mona lisa doodle in an informal technique called jester.

My late friend Dewitt Casey taught me about it a long time ago.

Boy, I still miss him too.