What do I love about this time of year? Making snow angels. Which leads to snowball fights of course. And sledding down hills. Ice skating. Ice fishing. Snowmobiling. Skiing. Yes, all of that means going someplace with snow. I’ve got[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for December, 2014
I love this season of the year. People are thankful for the gifts they’ve been given. People are returning the ugly sweaters they’ve been given, if they can find the receipt. People are trying to figure out what to do[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some people think being able to fight is the ultimate testament to being alive. Other people think avoiding conflict is our highest calling. Me? I’ve always been a lover, not a fighter. But I’ve learned something in my life. Some[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
MacArthur returned to America where millions of people welcomed him throughout the country. He spoke before Congress and praised the American soldiers and the Koreans who risked all in the fight against socialism. He warned against appeasing Red China, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
People ask sometimes if I’d change anything if I had the chance. I normally say no. I like who I am. But I had to go through a lot of hell to get here. And I wasn’t always a nice[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After Contact, Earth’s smartest AIs began to work with the Peloran cybernetic intelligences. The public story was that the Peloran cybers uplifted our best AIs to cybernetic intelligence levels. The truth was that Earth’s smartest AIs simply began calling themselves[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Over two thousand years ago, a child was born. He grew up, spoke out against the religious leaders of his time, and was crucified by the Roman Empire. A rag tag band of Jewish believers taught that he rose from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was stupid. I just didn’t want to go to Nashville. Julie and Alex wanted it real bad. I was stubborn. They were stubborn. It was one of the things I always loved about them. There were some ultimatums set.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Earth’s most advanced AIs had spent two centuries hiding from the majority of humanity when the Peloran made Contact. Oh, everybody knew there were AIs, but they never realized what that truly meant. Most AIs were dumb simulations of intelligence[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The survivors of Epsilon Reticuli were the best of the best, not merely the luckiest. Oh, luck had a part in getting us out, but we don’t rely on luck. We train hard, we fight hard, and then we party[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…