I said no. I was afraid we’d lose too much. I didn’t want to change myself to make money. I was afraid we’d sell out and then still not make money. There is so much more than most people realize[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The Islamic Jihad ended in time. The nations that supported it fell to internal revolution or external conquest, often with the support of young AIs running on the remnants of the old computer networks. Constantinople, Persia, and Egypt arose from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
President Truman began making moves in Washington to limit Supreme Commander MacArthur’s authority, while the Joint Chiefs continued to give him discretion on the ground that he ran with. American and allied forces drove north again, smashing both Chinese and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The wakeup call came when some big wigs in Nashville noticed us. It was a dream come true. All we had to do was cut our hair, change our names, maybe do some bleach blonding and other physical implants. They[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We survived the twenty-first century of course. We won the Jihad. We rebuilt from the Depression. We never did end the Cold War though. It exploded into The War of course, but The Great Peace that followed didn’t end it.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Supreme Commander MacArthur had lived in Asia for many years and believed that the new Socialist China had its own political ambitions apart from Russia that could be defeated. He believed that Russia would not fight a total war in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We had everything we wanted back then. Me, Julie, and Alex. We were life rich and money poor. We could sing what we wanted, play what we wanted, and go where we wanted. Our guitars were a little beat up,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Second Cold War turned Earth into dueling camps of humanity fighting for control of the world’s networks. It was the Second Great Depression and the Islamic Jihad that nearly destroyed us though. Our vast networks collapsed or burned and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have received a new Shapeways-printed model of the Los Angeles-class heavy cruiser. The ultra-detail frosted is my new favorite model of the ship and I am very happy with it. It is more expensive than the solid plastic, but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With the Korean War quickly spiraling into a new global hotspot, President Truman wanted to negotiate peace with China and end the confrontation. Supreme Commander MacArthur wanted to defeat China through any means necessary, including the use of nuclear weapons[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…