Boldly Going

     In my boy days, we were always getting articles about how Jules Verne had predicted the future.  This was a major theme in the world in those days: Jules Verne had predicted space travel, high-powered submarines, television, and who knows what all else.  There was a reason that the government named its first nuclearContinue reading “Boldly Going”

Insufficient Centennial Note

Once upon a time, Pineapple Fry, there was no Internet.  No, come back.  I know most of your grandfather’s stories start this way, but stick with me and we may get somewhere. In those dear, bygone days, the major electronic entertainment devices in our home were the radio, which we used for weather reports, news,Continue reading “Insufficient Centennial Note”