Jeff Provine

"Grampop, what was the Dollar Menu?" "Oh, kids, there was once a day you could get a list of things each just $1: drink, sandwich, side..." "Even sodium-enriched protein shapes?!" "We called em chicken nuggets" #vss365 #kerfuffle

Me: I like math, 'cause it's fun, although I have problems getting my mind around topology Class: ... Me: See, that's funny because topology is about geometric objects and complex surface areas... to get my mind around Class: ... Me: This is comedy gold!

So, for Rosie on the Jetsons, did she come with a factory-mandated level of sassiness or was there a personality scale the family could set the sassy at? I like the idea of family members cranking it up or down like a thermostat depending on their preferences

"By capturing positrons and their positions, we can create an electromagnetic #remembrance of future data" "We can actually SEE through time?" "Yes, but due to the intensity, we need protective ocular filters" "So the future's so bright, I gotta wear shades" #vss365

"We the United Terraformed Worlds, whom you called 'The Colonies,' hereby #sever relations with Mother Earth" "You cannot do this! Our economies are intrinsically tied. We've invested untold quadrillions in you!" "Shoulda got a receipt" And the transmission went black #vss365

He gestured to the time-portal. "Behold, the far-off year of 2024!" "Where are the flying cars? Where are the jetpacks? Where are the floating cities?" "Look, the future is about more than stuff hanging around in the air... except all those carbon emissions" #vss365

There once was a poem from Limerick That would play a dirty trick It had a few words Not bad to be heard And then it'd turn downright sick