via B^2: The Ward-O-Matics posts about a vintage 1966 Fallout Shelter Handbook. And it is f*ing SWEET. Just look at how happy that family is… I mean seriously! If I’m not mistaken, the Dad is just kickin’ it… Totally smoking a pipe and joking with the Missus about how she’s always saying that they should […]
Twenty-first century reconstituted strip mall; buried in sand but well-contained in some impermeable geodesic dome. We (A. & I) descend through the longest escalator in history into this gray-lit, half-closed-and-boarded-up mall. My tattoo artist is here. When we arrive, I have forgotten what brought me there. A new tattoo? Something else? She seems happy to […]
Writing location: 100% The Chair Navigating through a little bit of a weird narrative space right now. I feel like I’ve neglected my setting and new characters (to a certain extent) in favor of a dialogue-heavy period of plot advancement. Not that that is necessarily a bad thing. Also, I am beginning to realize how […]
Behavior May Influence Evolution (pure /.) – – NOT a surprise, NOT controversial: that behavior influences evolution (also known as: inseparable); interesting comment thread to follow though (re: “human gene pool ‘watered down’ by modern technological protections? e.g., medicine) (tags: evolution science research) Keyword Manager via TUAW: a plug-in for iPhoto to help better manage […]
Already, our return to Earth has been compromised. Was it that we could not get back fast enough? Or just that they were so far ahead? We’re armed well enough, we can still do damage to their swelling numbers on the surface below. It will be too late for many and possibly too late for […]
Writing locations: The Chair > kitchen table > living room couch… Busy weekend on all fronts… Lost time Friday to travel. But that was an important trip. A good visit. And apparently, a productive one, as well. The weekend was most decidedly not a wash. I will admit to losing some steam (this “Act II […]
Writing location: Creighton’s kitchen… A. & C. stripped wallpaper and I jammed out nearly 2,500 words. Fair enough. Almost makes up for yesterday: Today’s Oblique Strategy: Balance the consistency principle with the inconsistency principle. Today’s Word Count: 38,251 of 50,000 (76.51%) currently playing: 16 Horsepower “Seen What I Saw”
(Driving to Island Pond; no time for writing tonight, alas.)
Special Report on Brilliant Minds Forecast the Next 50 Years via New Scientist (via B^2) (tags: science evolution future research todo) Facing the Dangers of Nanotech via Technology Review (via /.); “greater inflammatory response” (tags: health science research essay future todo environment)
New designs. New layouts. Subdued colors but somehow still charged. Alive. They take on minds of their own. They have their own voices. They demands stripes. Larger than life diagonal stripes. They dominate and take over. (“How can you even talk?”) They’re holding me responsible. (“But I didn’t build you!”) They don’t care. They carry […]