All civilizations require traffic control. Some civilizations develop sophisticated electronic means to prevent collisions and route vehicles safely around each other. Other civilizations rely on dumb luck and yelling loudly.
Happy Birthday to:
John Johns
If you must wake the giant, bring coffee. Lots of coffee. Coffee will make him happy. Happy giants are always preferrable to grumpy giants.
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Ryan Butler
Having two eyes allows most terran species to see in three dimensions. Having three eyes probably wouldn’t allow a creature to see in four dimensions but would they tell us if they could?
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Patricia Prince Pandoff
Patty Jeres
Close your eyes. See those weird shifting patterns that appear? Those are letters in the language of the gods.
Or maybe they’re blipverts from alien advertisers.
Or maybe …
Happy Birthday to:
Eric Brashear
Rahmatullah Baragau
One foot in front of the other.
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New horizons
For some, a sudden change in ones personal circumstances is an excuse to forge a new identity. Other folks, when faced with a massive transformation, prefer to ignore the change as much as possible.
Happy Birthday to:
Gabriela Christen
Dragons only kidnapped princesses in order to get knights to come rescue said princesses. A knight generally had more meat on him than a princess. And the leftover armor could be used to make decorative wind chimes.
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Blacksmithing
Let the kissing commence!
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The curious tongue
One of the marks of a civilized being is its ability to discuss its religion with a being holding a different religion and concentrate on what makes their faiths similar rather than what makes them different.
Happy Birthday to:
Robert Hanni
Terri Wolfe
Glynn Owen Barrass
Civilizations are built on conversation, on individuals communicating their thoughts to each other. Sometimes those thoughts will be about the complexity of sewer systems. Sometimes they’ll just be complaints about a neighbor’s choice in recorded music.
Happy Birthday to:
Kuleen McGrath
