Tired of the Olympics? Have you had enough of the Olympics? After more than two weeks of competition, the last medal has been awarded, the last anthem played and the venues sit empty. If you’re tired of the games or simply anxious to replace them with something else, might I suggest reading a book. Perhaps,…
Good Morning Woke up this morning to a beautiful day. Stepping outside to get the paper, I was astonished on how blue the sky was, how warm the sun felt, warm that is without being oppressive. The atmosphere didn’t feel like it was going to crush me. Believe me, this has been the hottest summer on record…
Happy Birthday Tist Today is the birthday of the new husband of a very close and dear friend. Wishing ‘Tist’ the very best birthday. I look forward to celebrating it with you this evening. Now watch the picture closely. Follow the swinging bauble. It’s going to be a great day! You’re becoming relaxed. There you go. Relax ……
Club Lothario, what is that? Ahhh … Club Lothario is one of my favorite inventions for Mona’s culture. With so many women, I decided that men needed somewhere they could go to hang out apart from women but could still interact with them as desired. Think of Club Lothario as a mix between a men’s…
Vivid Imagination I read this quote on imagination the other day on social media. Though I’m sure I don’t have it exact, word for word, I know that this is the sentiment. “I don’t subscribe to the stuff I write about. I just have a vivid imagination.†This statement rings clearly in my psyche. The…
Cultural Changes caused by The Purge Plague Over the last four segments, I wrote about the roots of the plague and the causal effects on Mona’s community. In this segment, I cover the cultural effects which resulted. It should be noted that while the plague was halted, it was not eradicated. Over centuries, people made many attempts to…
Physical Changes caused by The Purge Plague Besides high male mortality rates and a shift in a woman’s difficulty in carrying children, there were other changes to human physiology. The last-ditch gene splicing efforts manifested itself in significant physical changes to the human body. Woman tended to have longer legs, shorter torso, wider hips and fuller breasts….
The Purge Plague: Consequences Solving the human extinction event wasn’t without its consequences. Besides finding an alternate food source, other changes occurred. The new genome made significant changes to human physiology. Sickness had been wiped out. The common cold, cancer, infections, and the various maladies associated in pre-plague days were nonexistent. Within one hundred years, no…
Extinction – The Purge Plague initiates an unstoppable event Resolving the runaway genome infection among human populations was not without its perils. The plague had already caused the extinction of almost all life on the planet. While it was too late to save the other species, scientists at the time saved what they could. It became a…
The Purge Plague, can you elaborate on that? The Purge Plague is a speculation that I came up with to justify the culture of Mona’s world. However, it is a speculation that I firmly believe is possible, if not likely, to occur. Most of all, it is The Purge Plague that causes the near extinction…
