When I was around twelve or thirteen years old it seems, I remember my dad taking me and my sister somewhere. I don't remember the details, but on the way, it occurred to me that I could predict what vehicle we would next meet on the road. I knew I could do it. I felt it. I couldn't tell the year or model of the vehicle, but I could tell the color and what kind it was.

For example, I would say, "Red truck," and soon a red truck would pass us. I did this for at least ten or twelve vehicles. I don't remember them all, but I actually correctly predicted an eighteen-wheeler with a black cab! I felt such elation at what was happening and my sister was more than impressed.

After the dozen or so vehicles, I felt the ability wearing off. I actually said out loud that I didn't feel like I could do it any more. I tried a few more times, but I knew it had passed - I got no more right and didn't expect to. It was nice while it lasted.

I wonder if that was a flash of what the evolution of the mind has in store for us. Perhaps telepathy and telekenesis will also be common abilities in the future - ones that we couldn't imagine having ever lived without.

Sad that I won't live to discover this.

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Oh, and we were gone...Kings of Oblivion. We were so turned on, in the Mind-Warp Pavilion --David Bowie, Hunky Dory "The Bewlay Brothers" (1971)