Sense of Adventure

And yes, in fact, I do still want my flying car:

Occasionally at SF cons I get somebody, at a panel or something, tasking me with the genre’s various failed predictions. “Where’s my flying car?” they ask. And I tell them, “Hey, I’m still waiting too, y’know!”

Actually, I’m quite enamored of many of the shirts at this site. Wish they sold ‘em at cons. A tad pricy at $27 a pop, but they’re definitely nifty designs.

In entirely unrelated news, I note that my birthday’s coming right up here directly. August 3rd. Yes, indeed.

Actually, what I really, really want is one of these:

Almost full size!

They’re even hatched here in Albuquerque!

And, all right, I don’t really expect an Eclipse Concept Jet. For one thing, they won’t be available until 2011. And they cost $1.35M.

I’m saving up.

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