Congratulations to Sam Whittingham who, just yesterday, set a new World Land Speed Record.  Sam’s speed of 82.3 mph (132.4 km/h) also qualifies for the .deciMach prize for breaking Mach 0.1 or 1/10 the speed of sound.

Here’s a video of Sam’s record setting run.

Here’s a video of Sam from a few years ago.

I was just at Tim Horton’s, waiting for a sandwich to be made and the lady next to me in line offered me her cookie.  She said, “here, please take my cookie, looks like you need the calories more than I”.

oh my…