We were alone in 2080. It was a new age of space exploration that would forever change humanity. Our probes traveled to every planet in the system, and manned missions blanketed the inner system. Our permanent colonies in Earth orbit,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for November, 2020
In 2205, we learned the answer to one of the oldest questions of all time. Are we alone? They brought medicines with them that nearly wiped out diseases, and extended the human lifespan into the centuries. They helped us study[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We have had a number of failed early calls when it comes to elections over the years. Dewey Defeats Truman is probably the most famous of them in relatively recent history. Though as the years go by, fewer people alive[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ll make this quick, but another interesting issue cropped up today that is relevant to my interests and experience. One county in Michigan was getting odd results that didn’t match the expectations. They were heavily Republican district, but had far[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One more day, another day, another des… well… another something. Though I’m really hoping this is not our destiny as that song goes. Come to think of it, that song wasn’t the cheeriest of songs. So let’s go on to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s amazing how twenty-four hours can change everything. The media and polls told us for months that Trump could never win. That he would lose by five, ten, or fifteen percent. The Democrats would take the Senate and add ten[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We’ve all voted. Woohoo! In this most abnormal of years, the normal happened. California and the rest of the Left Coast voted for the Democrats. As did New England. Texas, Florida, and The South voted Republican as they have most[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today is Election Day. Many of us have already voted, but if historical patterns hold true, most of us will vote today. Though a great many things about 2020 have not followed historical patterns. It is possible that months of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tomorrow we will vote. Some of us have voted already. I went to the local government center and voted early. Filled out the bubbles. Put the paper in a scanner that checked it for crazy. Was vote 130 to be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The crosshairs flashed on his target. He pulled the trigger. The solid slug blew clear through his target and deep into the stairs behind it. Bits of warbot sprayed all over the stairwell and stone splintered behind it. “Good shot,”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…