This is sounding appropriately Bradburyesque… I watched the transit from the patio of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science as clouds periodically blocked and revealed the view. While I'm not always impressed by humanity, we can sometimes do some pretty cool stuff (like predicting exactly when a little dot will move…

Well, if you read "The Murderer" (linked above), he thought there were too many machines back in 1953.

Well, if you read "The Murderer" (linked above), he thought there were too many machines back in 1953.

Yup. The idea of the "technological ruin" is one that has haunted me ever since I read that story. I don't think it was assigned reading for me, but I know I read it in some collection they had at school. And, as someone else has already mentioned, "The Veldt". Oh God, "The Veldt".

Yup. The idea of the "technological ruin" is one that has haunted me ever since I read that story. I don't think it was assigned reading for me, but I know I read it in some collection they had at school. And, as someone else has already mentioned, "The Veldt". Oh God, "The Veldt".

I hadn't read that one before. It's amazing how prescient he was about the impact of technology that was still in its infancy when he wrote that.

I hadn't read that one before. It's amazing how prescient he was about the impact of technology that was still in its infancy when he wrote that.

Letterman used to say it often. Maybe it was speed, not downers. I dunno…

Letterman used to say it often. Maybe it was speed, not downers. I dunno…

I think I would have paid good money to see Tim & Eric & Dr. Gene Scott. Directed by Werner Herzog, of course.

I think I would have paid good money to see Tim & Eric & Dr. Gene Scott. Directed by Werner Herzog, of course.

something something 99%!

something something 99%!

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet. But the tuffet was her step-father's dick! WHOA!

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet. But the tuffet was her step-father's dick! WHOA!

Might as well. Nobody else will sit with me.

Might as well. Nobody else will sit with me.

I was 30 when this show started airing, but I was a junior-high-school Python-watcher back in the 80s. I feel your pain.

I was 30 when this show started airing, but I was a junior-high-school Python-watcher back in the 80s. I feel your pain.

Oh hooray! This show is one of my favorites of all time. ALL TIME, I TELL YOU!