Also discovered checking in on the mystk: Mr. Wizard died. Of which loss tm wrote this:
he was one of the best icons on television for many a youth...he looked at the world and asked why or how some things happened and then showed little wee ones and old farts alike what did make things go tick, boom, bang, stink, and such...light a hydrogen gas bubble, play with static electricity, suck in a
helium balloon and recite avogadro's number, or however you chose to be a nerd and be proud for it...for one of our great leaders has gone to the misty beyond...mr. don herbert, aka 'mr. wizard', is absolute zero. though he is gone...his legacy lives on.
Inspired by Mr. Wizard, Proust, and the Dallas of the 1950s, David Searcy wrote a novella, "Water Telescope," of which I have an ms. copy, have read, and can tell you (at the very least to honor Mr. W) must be published. A meditation on the hesitation to really be alive in the first place. It's as satisfying as Proust, as graceful, and Shorter by A Long Shot.
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How did you get a copy of "Water Telescope"?? I really want to read it!
Searcy gave me a copy. I'm not sure it's in print... Apologies. Hope you find one!
I tried very hard to find it, but no luck. Hopefully it will be published soon!
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