Author Archives: jharrin4

Open the pod bay doors please Hal. Open the pod bay doors please Hal. Hello Hal. Do you read me? Hello, Hal. Do you read me? Do you read me Hal? Do your read me Hal? Do you read me? … Continue reading →

While waiting in a short line to get to self-checkout at a grocery store, I noticed an item sitting on top of some product display that clearly was not where it belonged. Perhaps someone thought of buying it but decided … Continue reading →

Sugar has been detected in the Milky Way. ICE murders another immigrant. The Milky Way discovery invokes raspberries and sun tan lotions. Bombing has resumed between the US and Iran. Gas prices jump. The Milky Way sugar surprise was detected … Continue reading →

The brilliant astrophysicist Carl Sagan asked NASA, in 1990, to turn Voyager 1’s cameras around to take a picture of Earth from the edge of our solar system. The probe snapped a now iconic photograph of our planet from its … Continue reading →

June is busting out all over, no matter where you are, today being June 8. “June is busting out all over” is one of the songs from the 1943 musical Oklahoma! 1943 also included the U.S. as an Allied member … Continue reading →

What is the word of year, so far? In one word, what is 2026 telling us? Us, being the human race. Since virtually anyone in a developed country over the age of, say ten, has a “window to the world” … Continue reading →

The Patient has gone through some really tough times since its Family was formed 250 years ago. The Patient was initially required by its Family to fight for its ability to attain self-rule, starting on July 4, 1776. By 1790, … Continue reading →

Zeldar from Zardoz here. No, not another visit to Mountain Sphere. Why? Well, since first setting A.I. “foot” on your planet several years ago, using Zardozian A.I. sophisticated technologies, it would seem–by monitoring from afar (as in many light years … Continue reading →

Aburdism. In the mid-20th century, that word was used to describe avant-garde theater and its focus on its sense of futility of communication and an inherent nmeaninglessness of human existence. Playwrights such as Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco, Jean Genet and … Continue reading →

There is a Chinese proverb that you may have encountered that goes: May you live in interesting times. It’s open for interpretation, so maybe it implies ” interesting” as being something fascinating or inspirational. Or tumultuous, even dangerous. Perhaps it’s … Continue reading →