Forward to the past

So, I end the merry month of October with a last minute post. A short story, which took up most of my writing energy this month is sitting here, in Further Issues. Just finished, now I'm going to bed.

Another dawn looming

I enjoy my morning coffee. Always. But I must admit, often I hesitate before my first gulp. Perhaps I should start the day with a gulp of refreshing, seemingly healthy orange juice, or some such nutritious, awakening elixir? Nahhhh...! First I make the triple strength potion, tip it into my cup, then I dissolve the rest with hot water (but not too much, please!) to make it bearable for the refined pallets of other family members.




The problem is this: at which point can I safely say that I am no longer drinking. Drinking involves the intake of a liquid. There is a thin line between liquid and post-liquid on its way to being somewhat more like a solid.


First, please join me in close observation of the bottom of my mug of the transition moment in proper coffee:

And now look. Pathetic, isn't it. The thin veneer of very faint and feeble (hardly dare call it) sub-sludge:

Fully functioning human brains

The occurrence of fully functioning human brains (FFHBs) must be of great fascination to Science. It is an area of investigation that needs to be treated with caution, and I do not understand what all the fuss is about with developing them in mice initially, instead of messing with peoples heads. I imagine that Scientists represent a wide range of political opinion and that all can see the disadvantages to the popularity of their (and, importantly, their paymasters) chosen factions if voters with FFHBs went to the polls. These people would be a pain to identify. Mice, on the other hand, are easy to profile. Any mouse seen driving an expensive car or a large vehicle with lots of other mice inside it would immediately be taken off the streets. The Law might have difficulty with classifying them as "immigrants", but just "illegals" would do nicely. An exception might be the border area where they would probably dig tunnels.

I know this sounds like I am being partisan, but there is a fair chance that many of these mice might turn out to be way left of center. They would hate our freedom, look for handouts, breed like crazy, and not be able to handle guns properly. Of course I do realize that Mickey, Mini, Jerry, et all represent personas settled with traditional American values, but bear in mind that are unburdened by FFHB, and so entitled to remain token members (BTW none of the above mentioned are white mice) of the America Pantheon. Anyone worried that this experiment might become extended to the human population can, therefore, relax. American Democracy will survive this challenge, war on FFHB ("Operation DUH") will be a cakewalk, a slam dunk.