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Category Archives: Thoughts
Childhood’s End: Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917 – 2008)
Being called Hal, spending so much of my life intertwined with computers, and having been born in 1968, the year that the film version of the now late Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey was released in theaters, it … Continue reading
Meanwhile, Back in the Present
Last week, I spent several days in 1941, flying the aircraft that were the backbone of Canada’s British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. At more than 230 sites, "the Plan" trained 131,553 aircrew from four nations. Had this not all taken … Continue reading
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Another Hero, Gone
It was just a month ago that I had the exceedingly rare pleasure of shaking hands with Mercury/Gemini/Apollo astronaut Wally Schirra, and I’ve just learned that he passed away last night at age 84. He lived a remarkable life, to … Continue reading
It Was Twenty (Five) Years Ago Today …
(From the Archive – 12/08/05) . . . that this man killed this one. That was, and is, sux. This is not a happy anniversary for me. The Beatles, more than any other band before or since (despite some spirited … Continue reading
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Monday Mourning
From the Archive – 10/17/2005 It was a lousy way to start a week, and a terrible reason to get back to posting here after an 11 day absence . . . I found out this morning that two students … Continue reading
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Coincidental Floss 