The world's largest solar farm is fully operational. Called Ivanpah, it has almost 350,000 mirrors the size of garage doors that tilt toward the sun with an ability to energize 140,000 homes covering over 5 square miles of the Mojave Desert.

One of the many Gotham aspects which differentiates us from other groups is our list service. We start with Freds List which in many ways is the backbone or "magic wand" of Gotham. The Amazing fruits of Fredslist posts are countless and you should feel free to comment as to your favorite. As Gotham grew there were complaints that there were too many self-promotional posts clogging Freds List. As a consequence we came up with Promo List which allows people to blatantly promote themselves on either Tuesday or Friday on a separate cost free listserve.

I was so relieved when Nancy blogged last week about enough snow for this season. I figured that, with the well-respected Power of Gotham, we would be free of the white stuff for the rest of the winter. I won't lose faith in the Power of Gotham. I must accept the fact that there are forces at work with the weather that even Gotham's might can't negate.

Michael Sam is about to set foot on untrodden ground.  He is a top player heading into the NFL draft and just announced to the world that he is gay.  Almost certain to get drafted, Sam showed an incredible amount of courage by making his announcement just before he heads into the draft.  

I have followed the re-emerging news stories regarding allegations of sexual abuse asserted against Woody Allen by his daughter, Dylan Farrow with acute interest due to my own professional experience.

What gives me the willies most among the Olympic events has got to be the luge.  They fly down a sheet of ice approaching 90 mph on  a tiny sled, on their backs, reaching 5 g's of force.   And they do it over and over.   What is the skill, I wonder.  

The winter olymmpics in Russia officially opened last night (in real time it was yesterday morning) to a dream like staged sequence that looked like Cirque du soleil vs Disneyland. Although I really don't get excited about the opening ceremonies, there were two things that struck a chord. Israel came out followed by Iran...a kind of wierd statement of why these games exist. I wonder if they sat next to each other in the stands.