Independence Day (India)/Sit Back And Relax Day/Assumption Day
2007-08-15 @ 7:50 p.m.

I don't think that just because you are going to ORD soon you have a right to slack off. As long as you're still in camp, you should perform your duties to the best of your abilities, as and when you are called upon to do so. I think this is the kind of character trait whose presence or absence separates humanity into those destined for success or mediocrity/failure. Have been reading Lem's Mortal Engines, and it's a good read. The first 11 stories form a cycle in which robots and their kindred inhabit the universe, with humanity intruding as a pale race hellbent on destroying non-organic intelligence. It's a nifty reversal of the classic paranoid scenario in which machines enslave or destroy their human creators. Also reading a book by Adrian Berry that makes predictions about the next 500 years of human history, which I must say, looks pretty exciting on paper. Of course, nobody alive now is going to be around to see it happen, which is a shame really. Orion's Arm is also an exciting view into the very distant future. This is what I love about science fiction as a genre, the whole wealth of possibilities that open up to those bold enough to imagine them...