I was listening to Seth Shostak’s “Are We Alone” and it seemed a little odd this week. The guy he was interviewing seemed a bit like a crank. But I hadn’t researched what he was talking about, so maybe that was part of the weirdness of the world. Then around 8mins in came the line. “What they’re doing for example is that… they’re working on err… they funded a telekinetic monkey. This is a monkey that can move objects long distance with their thoughts. I’m not making this up.”
Show me the monkey.
To his credit Seth tries to discuss the social issues of augmentation.
Also discussing social factors is Nomadic Thoughts. What is the perfect beer for an anthropology party? I have no idea as I’m teetotal and have been since I turned 18. This tends to give me a direct view of alcohol. You buy something for effect. However you do insist on sophistication you can mix cocktails. Hence the Headache.
To make a Headache you’ll need a glass, some ice, some Pernod and some Asti Spumante. Take some ice, drop into the glass. Open the bottles of Pernod and Asti Spumante and pour in equal quantities until the glass is full.
For more time-wasting there’s a Cyborg Name Generator, not one of mine, which generates acronyms based on your name. So my first name gave.
That’s not very friendly is it? So I decided to try my second name. But that gave me:
That’s even worse. My first names give the initials ‘AM’ which leads on to nicknames. So I typed in ‘Morning’ and got:
I’ll quit while I’m ahead.
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