I shall continue barking into the void whether anyone notices or not.
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Texas Instruments TI-99/4 Promo Brochure
My archeological dig through old papers continues. Presented for your consideration is a promotional brochure for Texas Instruments' TI-99/4 Home Computer. TI produced the brochure in 1979 and sent it out to SR-52 programmable calculator owners, which is how I received this one in February 1980. I'm pretty sure I still have the later model …
When I Visited an Alien Planet (In My Head)
Still conducting an archeological dig through old papers. Here are a series of pictures I drew that appear to be an alien planet and a couple of its (intelligent?) inhabitants. Approaching the planet This first picture is obviously looking at the planet through a view screen, Star Trek Enterprise-style. It's Class M, supporting a variety …
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When I Drew Pictures
While on an archeological dig through old boxes of even older papers, I ran across some drawings I had made back in the early- to mid-1970s. Exact dating is impossible since I can't remember anything that happened five days ago much less 50 years in the past. Monster Insect This guy is some sort of …
My Futility Bucket List
This is a list of a few things I'd like to do before I die but I know ain't gonna happen. Visit the Musée des Automates in Paris.I tried in 1997 but they were closed for remodeling. It is unlikely I'll return.Climb Mount Everest.What? Are you kidding? I'd be more likely to walk up a …
NBC Grinches All Over Christmas
Apologies to Dr. Suess... I did not like "Dr. Suess' Grinch Musical!"(see, the name doesn't even scan).I did not like it on NBC.I would not like it on any TV. I tried to watch,Indeed I sure did.I wished I could snatchSome fun from the morbid. I did not like musical GrinchHe left such a great …
Don’t Buy “New” Hard Drives from Amazon
I ordered a "new" hard drive from Amazon for my old laptop. This is not a "new" hard drive When I installed it in the laptop and booted up, I expected to see a prompt to insert bootable media. Instead I got the Windows improper shutdown screen with options to boot into Safe Mode, etc. …
I have a logo?
Ansonisms: Occasional Wit, Occasional Wisdom WordPress suggested I get a logo so I went to looka.com and made one.
Slaughterhouse Phibes
The Abominable Doctor Phibes has become unstuck in time. He finds himself repeatedly reliving the revenge murders of the doctors he blames for the death of his beloved wife, Victoria, as well as the happy times before the operation that resulted in Victoria's death and the subsequent automobile accident that horribly disfigured Phibes.More disturbing, with …
My Amazon Review of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Ten years ago I wrote on Amazon a glowing review of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith, the original unexpurgated version of the book falsely pawned off on the world as Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. We may never know what caused the falling out between Austen and Grahame-Smith that …
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