• AI - Blog - Reflections

    Decade of Hope: Midpoint Check-in

    January 5, 2025 - By 

    In the midst of COVID 19 and personal turmoil, I wrote a blog post thinking ahead about the decade starting with the year 2020.  I included exciting space missions and personal goals.  We are now at the middle of the decade and I thought it would be nice to check in on those ideas and see how they progressing.  Let’s see how we did! Summary from ChatGPT: Mars 2020 (Perseverance & Ingenuity) Artemis Program (2024 & 2028) Electric Vehicles (EVs) Autonomous Driving Renewable Energy Smart Homes There were a few things I missed on my first post like the advances…

  • Poetry

    Dust in the Solar Winds

    April 2, 2023 - By 

    A burst of energy Created from Nothing Expands and contracts Into rocky worlds and gaseous moons Spinning around a sphere of plasma Unable to dodge the flares of liquid fire Protected by a blanket, formed at the core A planet, expansive, yet small in the eyes of the galaxy A dot of blue and green Sailing on an ocean of black In silent awe of its neighbors Of what was and is to come Ever curious, ever exploring Until the End

  • Reflections - TV and Film

    Exploring the Stars

    January 24, 2021 - By 

    From the classic idea of humans finally getting out of their caves and searching for new land, the idea of exploration has fired the imagination.  What will be over that next hill?  Can we get there faster?  What can we bring back home? The love of space exploration has been a main theme in my life.  I started young with model rockets and movies of space travel.  I observed the planets of our solar system through telescopes.  Later on, I watched shows like Star Trek.  Voyager is my favorite series, but I like them all.  Movies like Apollo 13 showed…