Thinking about the future...

So as many of you know (or may not know, but soon will), I am a HUGE fan of The West Wing.

Usually I wake up and head straight for the coffee press, but today (as I was laying in bed) I just flipped the TV on and there was an episode of NOVA (my other favorite show) on. It was something about this secret space station called the MOL that the US was going to build back in the 60's ... it just cracked me up and made me think of this scene from TWW:

FADE IN: INT. - HALLWAY - OUTSIDE LEO'S OFFICE - DAY - 3:36 PM

Josh is standing against the wall and he is reading a newspaper. Leo walks
out of his office and they walk together as they talk.

JOSH: You all right? You look tired.
LEO: I've been tired five years.
JOSH: Tired... er.
LEO: One of those days.
JOSH: So, I had this meeting with NASA this morning.
LEO: What a waste, since the moon. My generation never got the future it was
promised.
JOSH: What do you mean?
LEO: 35 years later, cars, air travel's the same. We don't even have the Concorde
anymore. Technology stopped.
JOSH: The personal computer.
LEO: A more efficient delivery system for gossip and pornography. Where's my jet
pack, my colonies on the Moon? Just a waste.

Leo walks off.

Leo Walks off... and that's it. The things we thought we could do back then. Anything was possible. I'm not quite sure why I'm kind of feeling the same way. Maybe it's because I am getting older and the whole "nostalgia" thing is starting to kick in? But I don't think that's it. It's something else... something deeper... a general malaisé we are all feeling perhaps?

I need to do some more thinking on this... but here's what I do know... I want my jet pack too.

More to come!

Mark