Monthly Archives: July 2011

A photographic history of the Space Shuttle Program   Bet you didn’t know Nixon started it…    

IBM Selectric Typewriter turns 50   I grew up on the IBM Selectric. At one time I was able to type more than 120 w.p.m. with no errors.   There is a Chapter in You’re Lost Little Girl that touches … Continue reading →

Famous Author Rejection Letters: True Stories Of Unbelievable Rejections   Indy Publishing is where they would have had to turn today.                

“Tell the truth once and for all and shut up forever.”     William S. Burroughs and David Bowie circa 1974  

the decline and fall of the Roman (no) Russian (no) American Empire. It started before Reagan took office, that actor statesman who so many cherish or despise, love or hate, idolize and use again and again for personal gain. At … Continue reading →

“You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to … Continue reading →

On this day in 1984 Soviet Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first WOMAN to perform a spacewalk.  

I know any words I add here might seem foolish if viewed by the author, but I shall be brave. WOW! Masterfully written. Compelling. Makes you dream. I could smell and taste this book while reading it. It flows like … Continue reading →

How Much More Growth Can the Planet Support?

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