Travels Down Under: Journey to Brisbane April 8-10, 2011 * The City of Fallen Angels, The Nacirema Empire – Brisbane, Queensland, Down Under * Friday-Sunday, 8th-10th April 2011 * Over the Pacific Ocean Sir Thomas […]
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4/4/11-4/8/11: Leaving The Red Silt for The City of Fallen Angels
Leaving the Lab & Military Science: Last Days and on to the City of Fallen Angels April 5 – 8, 2011 * The Springs Where the Red Silt in the River flows from the Rocky […]
4/1/11-4/3/11 – Leaving Military Science
Leaving the Lab & Military Science: Last Days and Packing April 1 – 3, 2011 * The Rocky Mountains, The Nacerima Empire * Friday, 1st April 2011 * The Springs Where the Red Silt is […]
Q-Link & Witchery on the Pre-Internet
Sir Thomas at this point was a pretty skilled programmer in Basic, and navigating through Usenet, the Online BBS systems, and creating some pretty magical applications evoking daemons, and doing computer wizardry. He was in […]
80’s Pop, New Wave, and the Madonna Wannabe
Sir Thomas started to move away from heavy metal and more into 80’s Top Pop Music. When he encountered Madonna‘s “Everybody”. He was hooked. He started to get off Usenet as much info about Madonna […]
The Other People and Faeries
The Other People By now young Thomas was a big “Indiana Jones” fan and wanted to be an archaeologist. He wanted to discover ancient cultures. He wanted to find treasures. His father continuously took him […]
The Young Magician, Sir Thomas
The Young Magician The Young Thomas was now a teen, and very much enchanted by the magical arts. He was now a young “Sir”. “Sir Thomas”, the young mage. As a side job he would […]
BBS, Usenet, and Computer Hacking
Sir Thomas was learning quickly how to hack and crack. He figured out how to get into the school computer systems and was able to change his absences when he skipped school. Most of his […]
The Commodore 64, Rocky Horror, and losing his virginity
Sir Thomas, a young man, and a budding programmer was overjoyed when for his birthday he got a computer upgrade from the Vic-20 to the Commodore 64. He elaborately weaved a fantasy world and tried […]