I want to strangle the stars for all they promised me

[sovay]

Clearly our species does not deserve spaceflight.

At least the triumph of our cephalopod overlords is not far off.

I survived the lawn. Tonight, I am going to see Up (2009). And then I am tired of not writing a particular story; I think it is time to start researching again. No con report yet, but have a photograph: courtesy of ellen_datlow, me and greygirlbeast, amazingly still conscious (though a bit overexposed) on Sunday afternoon.



I have no clever caption. I'm just impressed I could still make eye contact. greygirlbeast looks good.

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[sovay]

I was brought up by an archival librarian; imagine how I wince.

Ow.

But it sure looks like we don't deserve our own cultural heritage, if we don't bother spending, say .0001% of the cost an effort on keeping it intact.

My training is in dead languages. I am not pleased by the idea of throwing away past.

For electronic media, ten years seems half of eternity. If the bit-rot don't get you, the obsolescence will.

Don't even mention the Kindle.