Tag: inventions

  • The Museo Galileo in Florence, Italy: A Tribute to the Age of Enlightenment

    The Museo Galileo in Florence, Italy: A Tribute to the Age of Enlightenment

    Every invention in this building is a work of art.

  • Nature Gets Another A+

    Humans need to be a lot more humble.

  • Words I Didn’t Know 20 Years Ago

    I’m sick of focusing on all things political and dwelling upon the handbasket in which the world seems to be going to hell. Aren’t you? But it’s hard to keep the subject of change out of the front rooms of my cluttered mind, so I decided to think about the many things that either didn’t…

  • My Trip in the Wayback Machine

    When I was a kid I used to love a segment on the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show featuring a dog named Peabody and his pet human, Sherman. They would take trips in the Wayback Machine and go to various points in history. This always intrigued me. If I had a Wayback Machine, where and when…