Ageisms

According to a recent study it seems that the old and young alike are mistaken about how happy they will be as old folks vs as young. Both groups tend to believe that younger people are happier while statistics show that old people are usually happier.

The Lateness

Its getting late now, but I don't want to go to sleep. Mainly thats because I feel okay for the first time today. In some sense I feel like I'm only now able to get anything done and I don't want to admit that the day is completely shot.

Give SF Credit for Innovation.

In this article on the future technology of animated tatoos, the author credits the book "Nanomedicine" with the idea, completely ignoring the many years of cyberpunk literature that predicted it first.

Change Happens.

I was startled when I woke up and discovered it was 16h00 hours. I hadn't set my alarm last night, and I suppose a day of wracking migraines might well exhaust me enough to sleep in that long, but it wasn't expected.

In any case I awoke to memories of PGM, who I've not seen in years and who now seems to have another business.  There was also a fragment of a song sung by Gonzo: "There isn't a word yet, for old friends, who've just met."

I'm not sure what any of it signifies but I just noticed myself unfriending a few 'support' communities that I've found contain more ignorance and negativity than anything useful. I never made a concious decision on any of this, but something in my subconcious seems to have made up its mind on something. Time will tell just what.