We've Got You NowMAC & DINO GET LOST
A short story
One day in late summer Mac & Dino were walking down the street to Joe's house when all of a sudden a large cloud enveloped them, things became hazy and their minds began to wander to memories they had never experienced. The effect of the cloud made Mac & Dino shrink to several tenths of a millimeter in height. When they emerged from the cloud they stood in Joe's driveway where he was standing at the edge of a huge canyon in the blacktop. "There is a whole world in this crack, I was going to patch it with this 5 gallon bucket of Black Goo, but something made me look closely into it". Mac, Dino, and Joe set off into the crack to examine its reality. they saw many new and unusual things: A centipede was wrapped around a pebble chatting with some nematodes, while fungus was digesting some plant and animal matter, the wreck of a dragonfly, bent and torn, lay in a corner, like the crash of a Cessna. Grains of pollen clung to the walls like giant pulsating Fruit Loops. "I can't remember what this is all about" said Mac to no one. A line of ants went by, the size of cars. "They are going to a birthday party" said Joe, "Lets follow them". The ants had a cake, Mac, Dino, & Joe snuck a taste while the ants were not looking. Mac, feeling a bit overwhelmed with emotion, composed a poem.... Oh to be an ant
formicidae extraordinare
antagonist of picinics
in anthophilous bliss...
contemplate the pre-anthropic era
antecedent to our contrived existence
8-inch ants ruled our world
excuse their anthropophagus penchant
admire their antaean strength
ignore their antichrist Cake gone, move on. Farther down, a cave led under the driveway from the crack and they followed it. The ceiling was lined with translucent crystals, of which Mac collected pockets full. After what seemed like hours they emerged from a connected crack near the sidewalk. A plate of glass lay on the ground. Walking up to the edge of it Mac, Dino, and Joe could see yet another hidden world. "Have you ever looked into the edge of a piece of glass, its a limitless universe inside" remarked Joe peering inside "What are we waiting for?" asked Dino. They traversed the edge of the glass until they found a portal, a small conchodial fracture on one corner afforded an entryway into the wavy silicon ether. Once they stepped into the glass they began to fall into a bottomless ocean of empty space. Scattered air bubbles floated by. They fell at a slow rate, a gravity somewhere between falling through the air and sinking through water. They could not tell if they were going up, down, or sideways. Time was circular, according to Dino's watch, which creaked as the hands moved in opposite directions. Sounds seemed slowed down, their voices sounded like dinosaurs waking up in the morning. It appeared to be a featureless realm of bluish fog, yet things were starkly clear, though there was nothing there. Mac reached into his pocket and pulled out some of the driveway crystals. The crystals spontaneously fragmented and began fluttering about like small birds. Soon there were hundreds of them and as they thickened the rate of decent of Mac, Dino, and Joe slowed to a halt. The crystals aggregated into interlocking planes which formed a framework that extened in all directions. It reminded Dino of ice forming in a Lake. The three explorers were able to walk about in the matrix of walls, floors and inclined planes which formed a skeletal maze. A pronounced echo was heard, even their breathing and heartbeats could be heard reverberating throughout the space. The walls were translucent and had a sweet smell. Joe cracked off a small shard and tasted it. "I think this was from the watermelon I dropped in the driveway last week, the juce went into the crack and crystallized" Mac was grateful "I owe my life to that melon, so far" Around one corner they found a crack in the glass. Sunlight poured in and Mac, Dino, and Joe stepped out onto the driveway. Reflecting on the experiences in silent agreement...Lake Scummy could be smelled in the summer breeze, and Dino turned and set out for it to picnic, satisfied with his ventures into the two alternate, but equally valid realities of the crack and the glass. Mac and Joe decided to explore some more.....Dorky dorky went the drip of the day......Back to the crack..more as it happens - jp/rp
and now for some tangent thoughts.......
A GOOD PLAN
Wouldn't it be good if you could free up a lot of brain capacity? Of course it would! Why not write down everything you know, literally. Then you could decide what is just useless knowledge, like Billy Carter's drinking problem, OJ, Monica Lewinsky, and everything I learned in high school. I really don't need to remember all that stuff. So once you identify all the useless crap you could somehow, maybe using electricity or drugs, wipe out your memory. Then you could learn all kinds of new useless information. and you could just refer to the hardcopy of the old stuff if you have too. Any questions? About what? ...Who? Now you must choose.
It took thousands of dollars of computer equipment so I can now play asteroids at home, or work, all day whenever I want. I don't, but I wish i could, but I wouldn't, no time, yet. I have figured out the big picture of life. Simply, that all our adult lives are spent building assets and resources so we can continue the stuff you started when you were 5 years old. The earlier you retire the sooner you can be that kid again. Model trains, mud puddle, explosives,.. torture. So remember kids, take notes, you'll need them. 
"So long sucker aaaha ha ha ha"