On the forty-ninth Wednesday in the Bronze Age, a wondrous thing happened. Five lettuces fit into a box designed to hold only three lettuces. This miracle happened on Farmer OldDonald’s Farm. Farmer OldDonald didn’t think it was such a big deal. “I just stuck five of them in there,” he said. But people loved it. […]
At the exact mid-point of the Bronze Age, there was an island village called Priggidyprop. It was peaceful place and its people knew a lot about fishing and boats. One of those people was Mugsy. Mugsy liked crackers. When Mugsy was old enough to work, his parents told him that he either had to go […]
I was only going to be in town one night, so I got a cheap motel room. But the place looked fine. I’ve stayed in scummier places. In the morning I checked in and dropped off the car. Spent the day in meetings and stayed at the bar with the team a little later than […]
The bees grew healthier. Adam spent a large portion of his money improving the rooftop garden. For weeks he devoted himself solely to the maintenance of the hive. He almost lost himself in the pure simple joy of keeping bees. Another dream of Aaron and Isaac. Adam woke with a start. “Dante,” he said. The […]
Adam sat next to Gladys. “How old are you in actuality?” “Well, I got my robot body in 2011, but its hard to define age for robots from SecGov.” “Oh? Why?” “Before we’re given our physical bodies, we spend time growing our minds in this magic alien computer they’ve got. We spend virtual years as […]
