Monthly Archives: July 2009

Mechanimal


  Purring gears drive long, smooth cylinders Stretching and retracting with sure purpose Sensitive sensors measuring distance   Timers and relays guide carefully probing steps Quietly ratcheting mechanisms transfer energy   Moving parts glide silently inside Functions follow specified designs … Continue reading

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Lazy Art


  What is Lazy Art?  Well, it’s not really art at all, but something supposedly ‘artistic’ that anybody could do.  Something that does not require special skills and/or training.  It’s the ‘pop music’ of the art world, the bane of … Continue reading

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My Presumptions Regarding Time Travel


  Regarding time travel, I presume three possibilities:   Time travel already exists. Time travel will exist. Time travel cannot exist.   1st possibility: Time travel already exists.  Maybe it already exists, but the technology is so complex and/or regulated that only people with specific … Continue reading

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