How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later

I just stumbled upon a great essay by Philip K. Dick, written in 1978, a few years before he die: How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later. It is longish, but an entertaining read. Here are some excerpts: It is my job to create universes, as the basis of one [...]

Pace yourself the air is freezing

Early afternoon yesterday, before the news broke about the plane ditching into the frigid Hudson river, I made this larger drawing from a chunk of words I first entered in the small book on Jan 7th (click the pic for a larger version): Is it megalomaniacal of me to think that I might be God, [...]

The perfect ditching of US Airways 1549

In a feat of amazing piloting by heroic captain Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger III, All 155 Escape Jet’s Plunge Into Hudson after a flock of geese take out both engines of the Airbus A320. Here’s a great cell phone photo snapped moments after the jet hit the drink by a tourist who was Twittering away [...]