DavidS is all married and domestic and stuff and is still having experiences that William Gibson could turn into a bestselling slap in Bruce Sterling's face.

Yes, well, most of the credit goes to San Francisco itself which tends to foment this kind of thing.

Meanwhile, I do the boring stuff.

Uh, like the kind of science that Wm. Gibson and B. Sterling will be writing about next year? Like creating an actual drug replicator?

Like creating an actual drug replicator?

Sure, the sound bite rocks, but the details ... Dude, the details are dreary.

Meanwhile, I do the boring stuff.

I blame Wisconsin.

I blame Wisconsin.

Where do I buy this tee-shirt?

When I was in high school, I took one of those "Escape to Wisconsin" bumper stickers, cut out the "to" and stuck it on my parents' Mercury Marquis. I also put a WAPL (an AOR station) and a Pink Floyd - The Wall sticker on that car.

Now I wonder why my parents never said anything about the stickers.

When I was in high school, I took one of those "Escape to Wisconsin" bumper stickers, cut out the "to" and stuck it on my parents' Mercury Marquis. I also put a WAPL (an AOR station) and a Pink Floyd - The Wall sticker on that car.

A friend of mine had one of these bumper stickers, but he cut out the "Wiscon" part.

See, that my parents would have objected to....

"Escape to Sin"

I could do that.

Meanwhile, I do the boring stuff.

Non-boring stuff you've done includes getting bitten by a monkey and coming home to discover a squatter had taken over your house. Are you really going to wish for a more interesting life, Gus?

Tries to wrench this back forcibly to Firefly...

The Chinese pictogram for "trouble" depicts "two women in one house.", implying that trouble will follow this situation.

The ultimate Chinese curse is "May you live in interesting times," implying that trouble closely attends interesting times.

My life has never been that interesting. Dang it.