If I had three wishes, one would be for a billion dollars. The second would be for my wife to have her books published and in bookstores. The third would be for a starship. You can see that the first is for my entire family, the second for my wife, and the third for me.
The starship would be a combination of the Andromeda Ascendant from the 2000 TV series Andromeda and the Teacher from the Alan Dean Foster book series called the Pip And Flinx series. Picture the AIs from the two ships merged, and then take all the features of the Teacher and fit them into both the shape and size of the Andromeda Ascendant. Also add in any features of the Andromeda Ascendant which do not contradict the Teacher's features. And finally, add in the ability to "beam" people from one place to another so that I can get in and out of the ship from Earth undetected. The ship can park on the opposite side of the sun from the Earth and keep itself there so that it avoids detection.
Okay, I have too much free time on my hands! If anyone wants a space ship designer on their staff, let me know!
12 July, 2013
A Billion Dollars (Picture Me With My Pinky Finger In My Mouth)...
I meant this blog to be a series of do it yourself ideas, but I never had the time. So 2 years later I find myself tired and watching TV but wanting to write something, so I will write this:
If I had a billion dollars, I would donate half of it to charity. Which charities? American Cancer Society, Alzheimers Association, St. Judes, The Long Now Society, The University of Miami, and several local non-profits (those are roughly in order of largest to smallest donations).
Next, $200 million goes to my kids, nephews, nieces, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, parents and grandparents (no particular order, I'd give the most to the youngest people and scale it down as the generations get older).
For the last $300 million, I would split it up. First, I need two houses so I can summer up north and winter down south. Then the north house would be a complex with many houses for my kids and other relatives who wish to live with me. If I ever start a conversation on this complex, I could write books about it after all the thought I've given to it. Then technology would be included. And I would want a garden and solar farm and so forth, along with a bomb shelter, so that I could weather anything. Picture a zombie invasion in the wake of a nuclear winter. And finally, I would travel and enjoy the rest of my life.
Okay, this isn't a good description, in fact it is mission millions of words. So I'll need to write more entries later on.
Oh, incidentally, this isn't my three wishes. For that one, see the next post.
If I had a billion dollars, I would donate half of it to charity. Which charities? American Cancer Society, Alzheimers Association, St. Judes, The Long Now Society, The University of Miami, and several local non-profits (those are roughly in order of largest to smallest donations).
Next, $200 million goes to my kids, nephews, nieces, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, parents and grandparents (no particular order, I'd give the most to the youngest people and scale it down as the generations get older).
For the last $300 million, I would split it up. First, I need two houses so I can summer up north and winter down south. Then the north house would be a complex with many houses for my kids and other relatives who wish to live with me. If I ever start a conversation on this complex, I could write books about it after all the thought I've given to it. Then technology would be included. And I would want a garden and solar farm and so forth, along with a bomb shelter, so that I could weather anything. Picture a zombie invasion in the wake of a nuclear winter. And finally, I would travel and enjoy the rest of my life.
Okay, this isn't a good description, in fact it is mission millions of words. So I'll need to write more entries later on.
Oh, incidentally, this isn't my three wishes. For that one, see the next post.
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