Classical Conditioning and the Invention of the Laugh Track I didn’t know what irony was when I first watched Hogan’s Heroes. I just knew I liked it. The theme song made me feel something, some strange blend of rebellion and optimism, like whistling past a graveyard. It was funny, but not in the way other […]
Category: Writing
The Blind Seer
The book lay on the stone table, its leather binding cracked with age, golden-edged pages catching what little light filtered through the basement’s single, dust-covered window. I hesitated before approaching it, stories of its power hanging in my mind like cobwebs in the corners of the room. When I finally opened it, the air shifted. […]
Birthday Ticket
George stood motionless in the university hallway, watching avatars blur past him like autumn leaves caught in a digital wind. No one paused. No one noticed. The only acknowledgment of his existence came in brief, rehearsed phrases. “I bought a ticket for your birthday,” they’d say, offering perfunctory smiles before dissolving back into the stream […]
Location of Forrest Fenn’s Treasure
This episode of Backpack America is a little different in that I have decided to reveal the location of Forrest Fenn’s Treasure. There’s a lot more to the story, but I figured the location of the treasure would be what interested most people. I originally came across the story of Forrest Fenn’s Treasure just after […]
Getting to the Long Trail Northern Terminus
Its seems that there is a lot of confusion as to how to get from and to the Long Trail’s northern terminus, either after you have finished your northbound thru hike, or at the beginning of your southbound thru hike. At first I have to admit that it all seemed very confusing, what with Greyhound […]
Alternative Energy Production
In September 1752 Benjamin Franklin erected an iron rod on top of his house for experimenting with lightning. A wire stretched from the iron rod down into the house and out again where he attached it to his well pump. The middle of the wire was split and bells were attached to either end. A […]
KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE 2
Treatment by Chris Miller Feb. 2002 LOGLINE: When an alien clown homing device is accidentally activated, a new invasion begins, forcing two down-on-their-luck friends – one a failed comedian dressed as a clown – to become Earth’s unlikely saviors. ACT ONE DEEP BENEATH THE PACIFIC OCEAN The story begins on the ocean floor where TED, […]