The Benefits of Proper Living
When last I added to this record, I spoke of the reaping of financial benefits; but what, the reader may ask, are the benefits of such benefits? What, in a…
The Quieter Side of Piracy
Piracy, one usually thinks, is a matter of buckled swashes and grappling hooks and cannonballs, with smoke and shouting and the acrid carbon sting of powder-smoke wreathing everything in merry…
Opportunity Abounds, part two
When I left off this narrative, I had disembarked from the port in Ancient Alexandria in an English yacht bound from Paris to the Polynesian Islands. As the ship was…
Opportunity Abounds, part one
Today was, as you might expect, a Tuesday much like any other. I awoke swaddled in coarse wool and broken pottery and performed my morning rituals (which one day I…
A Fine Return to Form
I had intended to spend Saturday evening having dinner with old friends in the distant future, on the far edge of the Galaxy. You know, typical Saturday. I stopped in…
A Typical Tuesday
Like most Tuesdays, I spent most of the day on a busman's holiday in deep space. My hosts were kind enough to give me a lift to Earth, but the…
Lesson Learned
So there I was, partying with some old friends in geosynchronous orbit when nature called, as it is wont to do.Just as I was headed for the head, the satellite…