In 1995, while in Angola, I read "The Odyssey". I should of course have read it much younger, but there you go. In 2026, in butt-fuck nowhere England I read "The Wind in the Willows." I should, of course... Both are a delight, and deserve re-reading annually, I think. Anyway, the final chapter of TWitW... Continue Reading →
The Martian – From Whitey on the Moon to Whatney on the Mars….
In July 1969 Richard Nixon didn’t give a speech. It would have gone, in part, like this: Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace. These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know that there is no hope for their... Continue Reading →