One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty Seven

Space was penetrated. Sputnik alerted mankind to the fact the science was no longer fiction and we were headed toward the stars. Or at least the outer layers of our atmosphere, thin and comprised of a three part oxygen molecule. Later, we would realize that aerosol spray was partly responsible for the dissolution of this ozone layer, and roll-on deodorant took on an environmental mantle. Rewind to the delivery room of Pocatello General Hospital, sometime after midnight. Modern medical science had eliminate all sensation of pain below the waste of Audrey Helen Hussey Williams, and her baby boy was delivered with only the slightest tug from the attending physician. The twentieth day of the sixth month of the 5th decade of the 20th century, at approximately 1 a.m. This is my birth.