Technology Spoil Us

The other day I was having a conversation with some friends and the subject of traveling and getting lost came up. I commented that back in the mid 1970's I lived in Nevada and we would frequently have people call in to the airport that they were lost. They were usually from one of the flater central states of the U.S. and thought that flying through the mountains would be easy. Wrong, very quickly, one mountain looks just like another. Anyway, we would ask them to describe what they saw, we would then figure out where they were. We woulf tell them to fly in circles and one of us would fly out to their location and lead them back to the airport. One of the young people in the conversation then innocently asked me, "Well why didn't they just turn on their GPS and follow that. I pointed out that GPS was not invented for another twenty five years or so. She looked stunned. Just because it exists today doesn't mean it existed forever. Peace and love 'til later.

Billy and the Commune

I am in the process of writing a new play titled 'Billy and the Commune'. It is the story of a young, very sheltered gentleman from Abilene, Texas who goes to New York City in the very early spring of 1968. Through a series of misfortunes, he finds himself living in a hippie commune in the city and experiences life first hand. He is so enamoured of this new lifestyle that he brings his equally sheltered finance up to the city to experience life for herself. I will bring you updates as the play progresses. Peace and love till later.

Technology Will Ruin Us All

A good friend of mine is currently undergoing Tech withdrawal. The battery on her laptop has died, ergo, no inernet and she left her phone charger for her i-phone in Houston, so she has no cell phone use. She has to actually talk on her house phone. Oh the humanity. I fully realize that you are reading this blog through the advances of technology but I also realize that if I can't get online for a day or two or a week, who cares. Same with my cell phone. All it does is make and receive phone calls, how archaic is that. I remember a day when computers were the size of rooms and used funny cards with holes punched in them and your phone was wired to the wall. It was really cool if you had a long phone cord and could get 12 feet away from the wall. Mail also came once a day from the mailman. Peace and love till later.