“Bud Barclay,” Tom Swift Jr. said thoughtfully. “I’m afraid that name is not familiar to me. Do you work here?”
“You bet!” the young man said, grinning. “I’m a test pilot – I was just hired a few weeks ago. I’ve been testing your new Falcon-class jets. Man, are they amazing! I’ve got to hand it [...]
26th Jun, 2009
Tom Swift Jr #35, Chapter 16: Plan of Attack
26th Jun, 2009
C S Lewis: Except from “Membership”
“The infinite value of each human soul is not a Christian doctrine. God did not die for man because of some value He perceived in him. The value of each human soul considered simply in itself, out of relation to God, is zero. As St. Paul writes, to have died for valuable men would have [...]
21st Jun, 2009
Tom Swift Jr #35, Chapter 15: “You’ve Gone Too Far”
“So what do we do now?” Irene asked.
“I think we need to make a trip out west,” Tom replied. “Now that we know what happened we need to find out who is responsible and bring them to justice.”
“Do you think it will even be possible?”
“Definitely,” Tom replied. “It would have taken a great deal of [...]
13th Jun, 2009
Tom Swift Jr #35, Chapter 14: The End of a Dream
The Eagle disappeared from radar right before it crashed, so at first the Swifts were not sure where it hit the ground. Given its enormous speed and its invisibility to radar it could have went down anywhere within several hundred miles, and there would be no immediate way to pinpoint it. However, it did not [...]
11th Jun, 2009
C S Lewis: Excerpt from “The Weight of Glory”
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It may be possible for each to think too much of his own potential glory hereafter; it is hardly possible for him to think too often or too deeply about that of his neighbor. The load, or weight, or burden of my neighbor’s glory should be laid on my back, a load so heavy that [...]
6th Jun, 2009
Tom Swift Jr #35, Chapter 13: Mach 15
At exactly six o’clock in the morning the thunderous refrains of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture woke Tom Swift Jr. out of a sound sleep. The moment his alarm went off the young inventor yawned, stretched, and got out of bed. This is it – the big day! he thought excitedly to himself.
He quickly showered, got dressed [...]
30th May, 2009
Tom Swift Jr #35, Chapter 12: Prepare to Launch
The flight controller anxiously relayed the information to Mark. Everyone in the control tower watched the radar scope as the Falcon II began slowing down and heading back to base.
“Do you think he’ll make it?” Irene asked nervously.
“I hope so,” Tom replied tensely. “But without accurate telemetry data I can’t tell what’s happening. If the [...]