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For the past 3 or 4 years, I’ve ended the year by saying, “Boy, the past year sucked! I hope the next year is better.” It’s gotten ridiculous, yet I still maintain my optimism that the next year will be better than the preceding year. In keeping with this tradition, I have to say, 2009 [...]
This is it. Forty. The Big 4-0. In a lot of ways, I don’t feel 40. I haven’t found any grey hairs. I still get pimples. I get back pain, but that’s been true for at least the past 10 years. I still read comics, I still watch cartoons, I still play with Legos, I [...]
Light a candle against the darkness. Now we all start heading back towards the light.
I think it’s pretty obvious that I’m an optimist, I love advances in science and technology, and I’m generally excited about the future. Which is why I love the graphic novel Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? by Brian Fies. It looks at how optimism and attitudes towards technology changed over the 20th century, [...]
