More Childhood Inspiration
The movie The Mouse on the Moon inspired me as a boy and as a man I followed the two aspects of micronationality and Space Travel in Founding The Kingdom of Tycho.
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Saving Our Own Arses
Environmentalism is not really about saving the planet. The Earth was here long before mankind came into being and if we wipe ourselves out the planet will continue along just fine without us. There are five mass extinctions in Earth’s fossil record. Mass extinctions that wiped out as many as 90% of living species. So even if mankind were to take most of the living species with us in some environmental disaster the Earth will survive and life will recover and get along just fine without us. So when I talk about environmentalism and “green issues”
Childhood Inspiration
Salvage 1 is a 1979 made for TV movie. It served as a pilot for a TV series. I know I watched the series, but I don’t remember it. However I do remember the movie. It is the inspirational story of a junk man who uses surplus parts to assemble a rocket and fly to [...]
The 1,000 Mile Journey
The journey of 1,000 miles starts with a single step. - Ancient proverb.
And for me taking that first step is the easiest thing in the world to. It is taking the second step, and the third step and the fourth step, step after step, day after day, even year after year, that is the hard [...]
The Evil Villain As A Good Role Model
Definition of success: A man who falls down 9 times and stands up 10 times. - Old Chinese Proverb.
While children’s TV shows and movies, especially those featuring superheros and supervillains, are primarily aimed at entertainment, they do have some educational qualities to redeem them.
For instance take the good role model that the evil villain gives [...]