For my Birthday weekend, I had a bit of fun, by going to my favorite train shop (The Electric Train Shop in "beautiful downtown Burien, Washington" as the proprietor, Scott says.), then out for dinner at Red Robbin, all with my Mom on Saturday (it's the usual day to get her out of the house, due to her back issues, and Burien is the farthest she's driven in a long time). Then Sunday night, Mom, Pops and I, all went to see Disney's "Tomorrowland," which contrary to the half negative press, is really a good movie. The flow of the film, and the story itself, speaks to a larger point, "how can we change the future- for the better?" Also, who wouldn't want to ride a rocket, built by Jules Vern, Gustave Eiffel, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Tesla, to another dimension... THAT LAUNCHES OUT OF THE EIFFEL TOWER?!
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Today though (my actual birthday), I slept in (we saw the last showing, and got home really late), and have been enjoying my day off. I understand today is also "Memorial Day," but a few more birthday wishes would have been most welcomed. Birthdays aren't about cakes, parties, and making a big deal, they're a marking of the passage of time, and believe me, time passes faster and faster with each passing year. The realization of how old you are, makes you wonder how you have spent your life, and where your life is going. On the other hand, it also makes you wonder who your friends are, and who really aren't. I know most everybody is busy with Memorial day, but you know what I mean...
So, considering it's 2015, and this is the year Marty McFly went to in "Back to the Future: Part II," and we don't have the jet-packs so prominently featured in "Tomorrowland," (but we have the Solowheels, which are made by a company in Washington State, which also were there!), here's some good news:
Yes, that is a hoverboard, and yes it is certified by the Guiness Book of World Records as "the longest flight on a hoverboard." And finally, we have a use for "drone technology" that's actually good!
In closing, my Birthday was good, Tomorrowland was GREAT (go see it if you haven't yet), and happy Memorial Day (Thought I forgot about the vets didn't you? No, no I did not!).
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