The last time I stepped into the sea was the day she left me. Walking had been the only reasonable thing left for me to do, moving one leg after the other, and allowing my body to just go, not minding right then the wind that made my hair dance,…
Join us and sit down, my dear Higgins; your tardiness is anything but an offense we can’t look past. And before you try: no apologies are necessary, my man. We would certainly not start dinner without you. Why, with you being our guest of honor? There. Better, is it…
The story begins, and we are, hopefully, hooked in by a daring first sentence. Someone wears something they shouldn't, a quip is made, or perhaps murder is declared. And then, it catches us. We urge onto the next sentence and the next paragraph. We start to lose our sense of…
ONE It’s ok to feel awkward. Relationships are an important part of anyone’s life, and starting anew can feel quite scary. Embrace everything you face as a new experience and try to learn something about yourself in the process! TWO Be there on time. Showing respect to a…
I’ve lived through this moment for a thousandths times by now. It tends to start differently each one. A discovery. A bug. Some experiment gone awry or some study that went well. Too well. But the end result is always the same. The Machine wakes up. Artificial Life conquers…
Cruising the exposed-brick walls of Boston, a starry night sitting above in the sky, Jazz flows through the drivers car and fills the distance between you and me. The lights outside dim and die and brighten again. Alive. There’s life out there, in the city. There’s a sense…
It all started with the discovery of the planet SIG-IV, with its two moons, as dry as a desert as it could get. It made sense at that time to pay homage, and no less than three years of it being found, we ended up renaming it as Tatooine. It…
He was the last person on the Earth without a Candy Crush account. This hadn’t occurred for a lack of trying nor lack of invites. His Facebook message inbox had been filled several times, over and over, with requests, notifications and messages. It was easy. Social networks had managed…