Love the book idea. The reason I believe yours would work especially well is that you come at your topics from the viewpoint of the hobbyist as opposed to that of the scientist. No offense to the doctorates and such but there are simply more of us regular folk out here and it's nice to go through a given article without feeling the need of having to lie down afterwards. Go for it and good luck.
Sorry to hear about your Dad.
Thanks for the kind words, Michael....I have literally received dozens of emails about doing a book over the past several days, and I've started reviewing some of the material that I have written for just such an endeavor! I think I'm gonna start one for sure...Just want to make sure that it stays relevant and approachable for readers- and I think I can do that! Appreciate the encouragement!
-Scott