Wednesday July 3, 2013 Opening of work in progress; first draft or zero draft:
"Of course you're a witch. You're an atheist, aren't you?" Miranda Afterland smiled, to show she didn't really believe that superstition.
Chane Mardon shook his head. "I'm an agnostic. I neither believe or disbelieve in any gods."
"That's even better! Someone who doesn't even believe in atheism must have really powerful magic. Look; all you have to do is give obscure answers to questions about the future. I'll interpret what you say. And we both get paid."
***Shopped at the Wedge and Steeple People Thrift Store. Picked up prescription meds at HealthPartners Riverside.
***From Twitter:
Michael Anissimov @MikeAnissimov
Bad news: you probably won't be able to be revived from the NSA's records of you.
Which sparked a story idea I probably won't use. Given sufficiently advanced technology, it would be possible to reconstruct someone from surveillance records. ("Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke.)
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