To those who get the inference to Snagglepuss, gratz! Bonus points if you knew the tie-in to the Rush album with a similar allusion. Time is a funny thing. According to the 1922 scifi novel, The Girl in the Golden Atom, by Ray Cummings, "Time is what keeps everything from happening at once." It was… Continue reading Exit…Father Time, even
Day: December 30, 2013
Looking back on 2013
As we look back on 2013, and ahead to what’s to come, we tend to take stock – an inventory, if you will, of what we have learned, experienced, and overcome. It is a time to evaluate one’s self. We look in literal and figurative mirrors and write ourselves a critical year’s end report. As… Continue reading Looking back on 2013
Scattered Tea Leaves
I write this on Friday the 13th, the last 13th of the year 2013 (although publishing days later). And looking back on the Freedom Cocktail archive, things haven’t been that great. That is, not that great for free peoples. When Edward Snowden was asked what he feared most about his actions (leaving the United States,… Continue reading Scattered Tea Leaves