In this posting I want to address ‘Why’ Bernie’s Blog; about then and now’?’ Why isn’t a 77 year old guy sitting back on his butt and vegetating in old age, gaping at pretty young ladies and keeping his mouth shut? The answer is primarily because I’m stubborn. And because I love communicating, particularly with the generation I call the Gen21 and believe my written and spoken words are worthwhile. So, stick with me!
OK! If you have read the bio on my website, www.berniemoran.com , you know something of my background. That I’m an old guy who had a 35year career in the aerospace industry, not as an engineer or scientist but, as a contracting executive; that my avocation is writing; that I wrote, narrated and produced a DVD narrative about the 1930s and that decade’s teenagers (I was a kid then, looking up to them, and still do). The title, ‘The Thirties and The Greatest Generation; Through the Eyes and Recollections of a Child.’ Check out the clips on the website.
I’d also like to add some parts of my background you do not know. Early on in my career (1960s) I spent seven years on the Apollo Program and in 1973 wrote a novel about it. I wrote it as fiction, (every character in it was still around and I probably would have been on the wrong side of law suits or been rubbed out, or both). A literary agent I commissioned said it was pretty interesting but should have been written it as fact. Now, 36 years later, I’ve dusted it off and with some hindsight editing will try again. And finally, a follow-on piece about the 30s generation I wrote and produced into a DVD is more then ½ completed, dealing with Apollo Program achievement and the Baby-boomers. Like all my stuff, it’s pretty good.
In the next posting I’ll give you the case for the similarities between Gen21 and the teens of the 30’s and the very exciting possibilities it presents. But of even greater significance, if they are really up to it, and I’m beginning to think they are, the Challenges it poses to the Gen21!!!!
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