The best thing you can really say about the Age of Enlightenment is that it was nice while it lasted. Sure, it was better than the Dark Ages, but what wasn’t? In any case I have to wonder where it all got us in the end. To my thinking, without the Age of Enlightenment, weContinue reading “Greatest Hits of the Enlightenment”
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Give Your Mind the Dream Vacation it Deserves
Ever think that your life is spiraling out of control? Do 21st century technological innovations leave you feeling like you’re in the Dark Ages? Or if you’re like me, the Stone Age. Before clothing. And that if you don’t understand them soon you’ll be left to spin round and round like a fly stuck inContinue reading “Give Your Mind the Dream Vacation it Deserves”
Book Review for Hold the Apocalypse – Pass Me a Scientist Please
How cool is this. Here’s a review of my new book from Readers’ Favorite Book Reviews: Hold the Apocalypse by Bob Lorentson looks at us as “Modern Humans” and shows us what our world has become. But don’t take it too seriously. Even though the subject may be serious, Bob the environmental scientist helps usContinue reading “Book Review for Hold the Apocalypse – Pass Me a Scientist Please”
Hold the Apocalypse – Pass Me a Scientist Please
Well, the deed is done. I just hit the Amazon “Publish” button and released my first book into the world, to join with the other 2,700 books that are self-published every day. (That’s not a misprint.) Like those others, I know that its chances of survival are not on its side. Ordinarily I’d blame globalContinue reading “Hold the Apocalypse – Pass Me a Scientist Please”
Cloudy With a Chance of Daydreams
Growing up, my parents would tell me that I could move mountains if I worked hard and dreamed big. To this day I don’t know if they were hoping for a business leader or an explosives expert. Either way, that was before I ever saw a mountain. To my parents everlasting disappointment I soon settledContinue reading “Cloudy With a Chance of Daydreams”
A Tipping Point
Anyone checking out my website might well wonder about the seeming contradiction in the site’s title, An Optimist in Dreamland, with its subtitle, Humor for a Doomed Planet. While I offer a brief explanation on my site’s Welcome page, the full story is that, as an environmental scientist and a professional level daydreamer, I amContinue reading “A Tipping Point”
Book Cover for Hold The Apocalypse
Very excited that the cover jacket for my new book is finished! Interior formatting is under way, and I expect that by the end of August, if not sooner, I’ll be ready to roll. If you haven’t already, check out some sample essays here.
Bob Lorentson - An Optimist in Dreamland 