Truth And Fiction

I have a love of writing. Sometimes I write to share information, at least in part because I enjoy digging for obscure information from time to time and enjoy sharing what I discover; other times I write as a way to exercise my sense of humor, which gets more than a little lunatic at times.

As a result I've got a variety of things I'd like to put into this web-site which don't really categorize easily. Which do you prefer, truth or fiction? I'll leave it to you to decide.

For some odd reason, this section is filled with historical essays about the late 1800s and early 1900s. Don't ask me why. Inexplicably, it just worked out that way on its own.

• Money, always a popular subject, gets examined every day for its buying power, trustworthiness, and influence. But how often is it viewed as art? Seeing the currency of 1896 for the first time tends to surprise most Americans, though it's almost always a very pleasant surprise.
• The name of Nikola Tesla is surprisingly little-known, even though it was his genius which brought us wireless communication and AC current. Have a look. You'll never think of Thomas Edison in quite the same way again.
• Is it true that the more things change, the more things stay the same? Here is an assortment of articles from the New York Times, published near the end of the last century. You decide.

For some odd reason, this section is filled with screenplays that would utterly defy any serious attempt at production. Don't ask me why. But if you're a producer, and would like to see something a little more marketable, you should let me know.

• It started simply enough; I just wanted to set up a word processor to handle some script formats, and to test it I started typing a couple of quick scenes. The result, still unfinished as of now, is the prized script for Star Trek 6¼: The Rantings Of Klingons. Film rights are still available!
• Someone I know once challenged me to take a four-sentence story scrawled inside a greeting-card and turn it into a full film script. I did it. In two days. For the first time on the Web, detective Nick Archer appears in the epic mystery The Narvik Concession!
• Lastly, or at least lastly until I get around to updating this site again, I present the heroism of Mr. Potato Head: Defender Of The Geologic Ecosystem - a teleplay which reduces the complete history of the evolution of life down to four rather jumpy acts and an epilogue.