I have seven resolutions that are clearly defined. At the end of the year, I either did them or didn't. I keep them printed out and taped on my desk, so I see them constantly.
I agree that most of the items on the list are terrible, most especially smart homes. I absolutely do not want a refrigerator that is hackable or a microphone on at all times, listing for me to say its name and give commands.
So if you commit murder on board a privately-owned, unflagged spacecraft, then you're in the clear. Anyway, for a while, I've been kicking around a story idea. It's the year 2100 and archaeologists are examining the lunar remains of one of the later Apollo missions. They find a blood knife inside the lander. The astronaut murderer had found the ultimate way to dispose of his weapon.
I have never done this kind of display (more of a public library thing, and it's been many years since I've worked in public library), but I've seen it done. I remember when in library school, I once asked a librarian to help me find a rare book that I knew only by a description of the cover. She found it for me and ordered it through interlibrary loan. I was deeply impressed. Personally, I rarely get challenges like this and love them. We librarians act out of our prehistoric hunting instincts. Our prey is unusual sources of information.
Do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, why, there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk, ice cream? Ice cream, feebly? Children's ice cream!
"The first effect of not believing in God is to believe in anything." - GK Chesterton The human psyche is religious, so the effect of smashing old, established religions is to open up people to new ones.
I have a couple rules:If I have had a drink of alcohol, I never login to anything.I never send a text that, if it went to the wrong person, would have terrible consequences. So I once accidentally texted to my boss an update from my dog's veterinarian. But that's the worst texting error I have ever made.
Anyway, for a while, I've been kicking around a story idea. It's the year 2100 and archaeologists are examining the lunar remains of one of the later Apollo missions. They find a blood knife inside the lander. The astronaut murderer had found the ultimate way to dispose of his weapon.
I remember when in library school, I once asked a librarian to help me find a rare book that I knew only by a description of the cover. She found it for me and ordered it through interlibrary loan. I was deeply impressed.
Personally, I rarely get challenges like this and love them. We librarians act out of our prehistoric hunting instincts. Our prey is unusual sources of information.
The human psyche is religious, so the effect of smashing old, established religions is to open up people to new ones.
So I once accidentally texted to my boss an update from my dog's veterinarian. But that's the worst texting error I have ever made.