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There is at least one conspiracy theory that I feel has a grain of truth at its core, and that is that the super wealthy are preparing for a blow-up. Credible stories about their compounds, retreats, and bunkers have been published. When the shit hits the fan, those folks do not expect to be camping. …
When in doubt, chicken out. That's right: when you reach a standoff with reality that exceeds the magnitude of a DEFCON 4 situation, chicken out...if possible. Now, normally I am in favor of building up routines for dealing with uncertainty: collect data, confer with those who are knowledgeable, and deal rationally with it. This has …
I don't think it's a cop out to say that adulthood shouldn't be defined as an arbitrary age. Here in the States, if you ask, they'll say eighteen, and while it's generally the age when you are permitted by society to do all sorts of adult things, we know that many don't behave in a …
This post is way out of my usual. I rarely get directly political, and I don't often comment on issues like this. But I am terribly upset about the situation on the USS Abraham Lincoln. So pardon me if I step off my usual track. I rarely write about my experiences in the Navy. And …
You can't wiggle your way out of it. Generations of science fiction and fantasy authors, philosophers, and scientists all agree there are consequences to using a time machine to send a message back to yourself. Time discontinuities, paradoxes, splits in the socio-temporal fabric. No. No doubt. Even if you could find a used Flux Capacitor …
I should choose just one author to have lunch with. Hmmm. To hell with that. I'll get a group together. Steinbeck, Heinlein, Kerouac, Capote, Orwell, Faulkner, Harper Lee, Woolf, Morrison, and Salinger. I'd get them in my favorite barroom, the Harvard Garden on the backside of Boston's Beacon Hill circa 1965. I'd get them all …
"We never know the worth of water till the well is dry." ~ Thomas Fuller
Last week I was driving on the interstate and watched as a vehicle ahead of me pulled off the road to assist a car in distress. The distressed car had a flat tire, and from the looks of the scene, they were having no luck changing it. It's the small things like that that maintain …
Do you know what a Creep Factor is? It's the degree of creepiness that a statement or suggestion has. Like a WordPress Daily Writing Prompt that asks what you'd hope a single sentence sent to you from your future self would be. Damn, don't do that to someone with an overactive imagination! The chances of …
Whenever stopped by Law Enforcement, I'd dutifully demonstrate my legitimate status as a tramper, camper, and hiker. "Why, no, Officer Opie, I was not hitchhiking! I was merely sitting by the side of the road resting - If by chance a passerby offered me a ride, I probably wouldn't refuse it, though." Unlike many today, …
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