day two hundred seventy-five(-ish).

congratulations on receiving and properly operating your time machine.
it is now thursday, october 7th. i have some things to show you.

 oh good, a book on history will only provide informative passages.

i would like everyone to remember that this was published in 1991.
that is a mere 19 years ago.
19 years.
19.

(as always, click a picture to embiggen)

editorial board: "okay, let's first delve into some crazy predictions that people made and everyone can ponder why they made them because they are crazy and a little funny. okay?"

 "and since we learned so much, we will only make sound, logical, practical predictions for the future. anything outlandish will take place at least 100 years or more from now. certainly not 9 years. or even 19."

 uh-oh.

the part on clothing reminded me of this (which, by the way, is from the 1930s):

ooh, swish.