I fell in love on my first trip to Alpha Centauri. Of course it was during The War and I was in the military, so the whole time I was there I was preparing to go to the next battlefield. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for February, 2012
Cybers do not dream of electric sheep. We don’t really dream at all. If we are turned on, we think. When we shut down, we don’t. We don’t have a sleep cycle, or a subconscious that talks to us through[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hello, my name is Jack. From the day mankind first banged a couple sticks together to form a rhythm, music has been one of the most important parts of living for us. It mourns with us when we’re sad, it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My family never observed Lent when I was a child. We didn’t observe most of the religious holidays in fact. A friend introduced me to the holy days after I left home. He was one of those friends willing to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mardi Gras is one of those special times of the year I’ve celebrated for most of my life. I love the parades and the dancing and the music and everything to do with it. It is a great big celebration[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Many people celebrate Lent now, in between Carnival and Easter in the Christian calendar. It is a season of remembrance tucked between a celebration of the life they have led and a celebration of the rebirth of the life they[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My family taught me to look five, ten, twenty, fifty, a hundred years into the future and to plan based on that. In 2304, I learned that, win or lose The War, the time of Earth in a predominant position[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week in 1962, nearly half a millennium ago, an American Astronaut flew into space on a rocket ship. For over two centuries, NASA continued to travel into space, building space stations, exploring the furthest reaches of space, and going[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Long ago, we copied organic minds into electronic brains. We have the technology to save every memory and every emotion. We can make a new body that looks identical to the old, right down to the weight, complete with sensor[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hello, my name is Jack. One thing I learned a long time ago is that everyone dies sooner or later, even people who don’t age like me. I’ve learned to be careful, I’ve learned to walk away when people who[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…