It's a quarter past eight.
Mayhem has a quack's appointment at twenty past nine. In order to get him there, I have to be dressed and ready to leave at five past. In order to get dressed etc, I should move to do that at about ten to nine.
This leaves me plausibly three quarters of an hour to attempt to write today's Instant.
Probably not going to happen.
But I can certainly try.
"No way. A society advanced enough to even think of getting into space must live in harmony with itself. Everybody has following the rules encoded in their genes. The consequences of disrupting the system of government are equivalent to those of an asteroid impact. Of course you'd say that I'm a Havenworlder, things work differently on Terra, yada-yada-yada, but that's an universal rule... right?" -- Anon Guest
"Er. Not really. Humanity's first steps into space travel were the direct result of an
Read more »It wasn't as late as it could have been, but it still ran me a teeny bit ragged. I hope not ragged to the point where I fall over with this damned ekka flu.
Chaos brought it home. Mayhem caught it. I'm... in close vicinity to both these darling little vectors of mine.... Getting run down is a guarantee for catching Lurgi.
I owe y'all a story, too. But if I need to take a week off from the novel so I
Read more »The tailbone is virtually useless, a big target near our ass, not to mention the design of our spine is structurally fucked, AND DON'T GET ME STARTED ON THE FOUR WISDOM TEETHS THAT I NEED TO BE SHATTERED AND EXTRACTED. -- Anon Guest
[AN: Don't get me started on my wisdom teeth. That was a horrorshow.]
If there was ever an argument against intelligent design, it is simply found in vestigial portions of anatomy and the troubles they cause. Just for example:
Read more »We have another game night tonight and I am excited to try some SOLID GOLD BULLSHIT that I've made up for this event. Basically, our crew is stuck without a clue and desperate to find the Macguffin that don't want to be found, so I'm'a try some Divine Inspiration to see if the DM is going to hand us a bone.
I have a whole ritual plotted out including a partial filk of this thing because serious bits should always be peppered
Read more »I'm one of the fortunate or unfortunate (depending on your perspective) to have two first name, them being S* Kirby. -- Anon Guest
There's just something about having a first name as a last name that gets to people. It's memorable, yes, but also... it can make nametags problematic. You would not believe the number of people who tell me it should be my surname in there or, in non-surname occasions, my given one. Then you get the accusations of being an
Read more »At least this time I had enough shit together to get the bins out before the early arrival of the rubbish peeps. Huzzah.
Everything else may literally fall apart but I have that handled. I've GOT this, and my knees are already grateful.
I've done things. I have things to do, and I might just have a handle on them. I got the Instant to get out there, and five hundred to one thousand words in KOSBOB to write... and that's it.
Read more »Due to a new find on Earth the whole Galaxy's is in a State of utter bafflement and confusion.
Even Scientists are clueless about the How.
One Human has Survived. Locked away deep underground in a sort of Cryogenic sleeping Cell, years before even the First Prototypes where built.
The Signs on the Pod says "Activated 2019. All Vitals normal. Beginning Waking-Procedure. T-24 Hours"
A Human still alive from before the Shattering. -- Anon Guest
The vault under the mountain was brilliantly
Read more »Steemit is back on track and the past two days' stories are up there and earning me fractions of coin. Huzzah.
I've decided to not mess with the distributions on other platforms. People can follow the trace if they so whist. People who care will find out about the Steemit shenanigans. People who don't will show me that some people actually read my old stuff.
I just assume nobody cares since my responses are generally that of a howling vacuum.
Speaking of
Read more »Read more »being a telepath isn't easy. Being an apprentice one even less. That's why all apprentice telepath first learn and practice on their teachers, then on volunteer from mind reading friendly species, practising the basics, be it reading someone's mind, communicating basically and making the whole thing as less uncomfortable as possible.
The first true "test" is to go and listen as long as possible to a small group of humans passing by the main hall. Officially it's to make sure the basic
So Steemit is down. For now. Which means I can't earn fractions of a cent per diem that I post. I honestly thought this nonsense would last less than a day. Now I'm stuck with a story in limbo and little in the way of a PLN in order to line up what happens next.
Those of you who know me from my days as and XME fanwriter will know that I have ALWAYS had problems with what happens next.
My kids
Read more »So the recycling collectors were hellishly early today. Causing me to have to do an urgent bin-run twice because I couldn't recall which week was recycling week.
My knees hate me now BTW.
I am more distracted than a kitten in a discotheque, this morrow and things are going S-L-O-W-L-Y as a direct result. With Mayhem sick at home with yet another Lurgi, it's looking like a lovely day to just... give up on doing anything productive.
But I'm not going to
Read more »[AN: So Steemit.com is having some shenanigans which prevent me from posting there. Rest assured that this tale will be up as soon as it can be managed, at which point this post will change to the default template. Thank you for your patience and understanding]
Explaining 'The Benny Hill Show' to future Culture classes. -- Anon Guest
Every entertainment is a product of its time and a product of its medium and a product of its culture. Nothing shows this
Read more »My week is off to a fantastic start with Chaos being the one with the Lurgi and Mayhem due back to school. Since he's officially an adult, I won't get on his case until it's about time to leave...
Which makes literally everything else that should be routine today a complication.
Yay.
On the other hand, there may be time to gather me some Halo Tops because my stash is officially empty.
Also, I binged the entirety of The Dark Crystal: Age
Read more »First meal of the day, in a 'Greasy Spoon' Space diner. -- Anon Guest
There are some spaces that are eternally stuck at one hour. In most casinos, it is eternally early evening - just after work, so there's plenty of time to kick back and relax. Shopping malls have a similar atmosphere, but generally put themselves earlier in the afternoon so one doesn't have to rush to collect the kids. In diners, it's always a little late, but not that late.
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