I Never Did Grow Up, and the Injuns Are A’Comin’
On December 29, 1963, I was newly married and headed west. Very west. Judy and I had just gotten married, and I had school reopening in Pasadena in…
How Does This Damn Thing Work?
I have been taking things apart for as long as I can remember. That statement may cause some alarm among people who own things I happen to be…
Reckon Those Two Things Can Fit Together?
Some inventions look inevitable after somebody else has invented them. You see the finished thing and think, Well, hell, of course. The pieces seem as though they were…
What’s That Make You Think Of?
I have become suspicious of the first answer. Not because the first answer is necessarily wrong. Most of the time it is probably perfectly good. If I ask…
Well, I Sure Ain’t Seen That Before.
Most of us go through life looking at things without really looking at them. That isn't criticism; it's probably the only way we can get through the day.…