by tjb | Dec 27, 2023 | Author's Posts
The Sentimentality Blues * Bob and Ruth Smith were enjoying life. They had just moved into their new home, and Bob’s salary was enough to allow Ruth to be a “stay-at-home-mom” for their four-year old twins. * Bob was the manager of an Engineering...
by tjb | Dec 19, 2023 | Author's Posts
NASA’s Apollo Blues * The original seven pilots were culled from a batch of military test pilots that had the “Right Stuff”. * Before the first Apollo manned flight ever cleared the launching pad, eleven astronauts died in accidents. Grissom,...
by tjb | Dec 12, 2023 | Author's Posts
Hand Washing * In 1848, Dr. Semmelweis, a graduate of the prestigious University of Vienna Medical School, introduced a revolutionary idea while assisting in the Vienna Obstetrical Clinic: he required medical students to wash their hands in chlorine water before...
by tjb | Dec 7, 2023 | Author's Posts
Approval Ratings * A recent survey resulted in an 11% Approval Rating for Congress. What’s going on? If any of us had an Approval Rating of 11% we would be unemployed! We trusted the members of Congress, that we voted in, with the future of America. What has...
by tjb | Nov 30, 2023 | Author's Posts
Antigravity * T. Towsend Brown was jubilant when he returned from France in 1956. The soft-spoken scientist had a solid clue which could lead to fuel-less space travel. His saucer-shaped discs flew at speeds of up to several hundred miles per hour, with no moving...
by tjb | Nov 21, 2023 | Author's Posts
Water-Powered Engine * In 1979 a New Zealand inventor by the name of Archie Blue astounded the world, or at least that part of the world that was paying attention, with an invention that would allow any car with a gasoline engine to be fueled solely by water. He was...
