I used to enjoy learning new things by watching “educational” programs on the TV. Channel 13 was my all time favorite. With the advent of cable “pay TV” a lot more of this type of educational material became accessible. Many production companies became dedicated to producing real science and engineering learning programs. I was in intellectual heaven. However, I have become quite peeved. The entertainment factor has overcome good science. The History Channel is the...
Continue reading...Communication
I think I have turned into a writing machine. A very long time ago writing was one of the farthest things away from what I thought I would enjoy doing. I think the teaching methods of early grade school (55 years ago) made writing seem like such a difficult craft. There wasn’t any fun in doing it. Today I can’t believe, well I guess I do believe… I actually enjoy writing. Reading is such a...
Continue reading...A Banana September
No! Tell me I am wrong. It can’t be mid October already. What happened to September? Was it cancelled this year? There is something happening to the time/space continuum as I grow older. Or is it the space/time continuum? Experts diverge on that idiom. Any who… I seem to be moving faster into the future than I intended. Unfortunately there is a flaw in my time machine because as I travel, my mind and body...
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I have seen this term posted around quite a lot lately. I assume Generation X has been superseded by Generation F. I guess as I get older it is harder to keep track. I know what it means but I don’t assume that it is important. I am the leading edge of the real baby boomers having been born less than a year after WWII ended. Each generation seems to have established a new title...
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