A man of leisure living in the present, waiting for the future.

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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • Deadlands: Hearing the gunshot nearby, a startled wiry whipper snapper with an iron on his hip and a chip on his shoulder takes a shot at you from the darkness, as he says, “this darkness ain’t big enough for the both of us!” rolls and hits you in the noggin. Want to spend some chips? Oh you don’t have any? You are dead. Give me your character sheet and roll a new one, podner.

    Changeling: the darkness opens revealing a portal to the hedge, your traumas come rushing back, the humiliation, the loss, the anger, the fear, a terrible yet calm Fae voice echoes from beyond, “the contract has been sealed.”





  • Cystic fibrosis affects around 100,000 people worldwide, and for many years was considered a life-limiting condition. However, a study this year projected that treatment with drugs such as Trikafta (comprising elexacaftor, tezacaftor and ivacaftor) — approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2019 — can increase life expectancy from around 30 to more than 80 years2.

    I hadn’t heard of Trifakta before, this is wonderful news! It seems we are on the verge of curing many formerly incurable diseases.

    This is why our lives are better than those of our ancestors, the incremental work of dedicated scientists like these. They have my deepest appreciation and thanks.