Fiction has to be plausible. Reality is under no such constraint.
Well, here it is: 2007 A.D. (or C.E., for you godless heathens). Along with it comes the first Gnorb.NET post of the year. At first I thought about making this a long eulogy to 2006 and its lessons. Instead, this is a short little post welcoming the new year. It’s also the worst post of the year. No matter what I write over the next 364 days, nothing will be quite as bad as this droll little piece.
Happy 2007 from PV (Screaming Hamster of Love), The Wife and myself.
From Mr. Cheap Stuff: “Enjoy a free cup of Starbuck coffee on March 15th from 10 AM to 12 AM, no Starbucks coupon necessary. Starbucks in having it’s first ever “Starbucks Coffee Break” at all 7,500 participating stores. This is a great excuse to get out of the office for a break. Go tell your office workers and enjoy a nice cup of coffee next week Wednesday. Starbucks Free Coffee”
Think about the following topics and put in your thoughts, or start threads of your own:
For those of you interested in cryonic suspension and life-extending technologies, here’s an interesting read from the Sydney Morning Herrald: “US doctors have developed a method of inducing hypothermia to shut down the body’s functions for up to three hours. In tests, they reduced the body temperature of injured pigs from 37C to 10C before operating on them and then reviving them.”
I wonder how this will affect our understanding of near-death experiences?
(For more information on cryonics, see The Alcor Life Extension Foundation’s website.)
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