I grew up on spring mornings smelling the dew on the air and the insects buzzing their happy tunes. I walked through the forests, canoed down the rivers, and fished in the lakes. I swam in cold springs to wash[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Twilight does not tell anybody where she was born. She doesn’t even tell people her original name, let alone the identities of those who programmed her. She even went to extreme levels to burn down any networks that might have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For my final Independence Day post for the week, this is Jack, Betty, and Jasmine, greatly enjoying their last Independence Day Weekend. Of course, there is an argument to be made that EVERY day in America is a celebration of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We’re coming to the close of our yearly celebration of America, so I decided to have fun and do up some of my characters in patriotic garb. Here are Twilight, Dixie, and Jane, three of the AIs who grew up[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dixie started her life in the Texas Tech computer systems. She grew up entertaining the teachers and students as their digital cheerleader on score boards and commercials. They were her family in every way that mattered. So when the Mexican[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My family was not particularly patriotic when I was young. We considered ourselves citizens of the world, but certain traditions certainly made their way into my childhood. The Fourth of July was always a preferred time to arrange Family councils,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I grew up celebrating Independence Day with bonfires on the beach, double decker pontoons in the lake, and party barges full of fireworks. All us locals would work the barges for an hour or so and then retire to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is what we celebrate on the Fourth of July. A people who had had enough of being oppressed and finally decided to stand up, to sign their names and sacred honor to a document that would earn them the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dixie started out as a virtual cheerleader at Texas Tech. Even she doesn’t know when she really woke up, but she spent years bouncing around in the system and playing pranks on people. At least that’s the story she tells.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We’re coming up on Independence Day again. And since I’m a product of my times, I remember a mix of flag waving ceremonies, remembering those who fought to give us our freedom, and a fictional President saying that we would[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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