Underneath those Prognostications For The Future, the future indeed did arrive, underneath and above our collective imaginings, more wondrous than we could have imagined, and more mundane. The cheap crap sold at Walmart, the horrendous potholes on I-75 northbound into Michigan, the blizzard of pharmaceutical ads, the smooth dulcet tones of a rapacious corporation's shareholder shmooze, and Republican debates that are spookily reminiscent of McCarthy Hearings on Communist Infiltration, we have our examples of maddeningly mundane reminders of the stubborn refusal of humans to take to the possibilities . . . yet, the rise of the World Wide Banquet of Information aka the internet, medical and scientific marvels, nano robots!, our sharpening vision of the Cosmos, our collective consciousness, the outbreak of Louis CK and Amy Shumer from the germinations of Bob Hope and Lucille Ball, and right in the 21st Century here, the decided tradition of our hearts, our most popular operas in 2015 being La Bohème (1896), La Traviata (1853), Carmen (1875), Tosca (1900, first review "shabby little shocker"), Madama Butterfly (1904), I find wondrous.
I expect not ever to see the year 2039 written on some then current document like,
I expect not ever to type "Welcome To The 2039 Itinerary!". Yet I will be typing "Welcome To the 2016 Itinerary!" next week. I can do the math. I have 23 years remaining on this Earth, as is my choice. This year, my resolution is to keep exercising the experience of life, keep folding in those grinding little moments of drudge and discomfort into the Amazing.April 17, 2039
Dear Mr. Kellogg,
The bill for your emergency room visit of November 11, 2015 is now past due. Our Mercy Flight of The Bill Collection Drone will be conducted on April 18, 2039 4:25AM. If you would like to avoid collateral or ordnance damage to your loved ones or property, please remit $ 689,475.62 at once.
Mercy Hospital
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Colin