# HG changeset patch # User Robert McIntyre # Date 1407003194 14400 # Node ID a987c56911303ae37f6094056979899820d97d76 # Parent 823974ec6e0f0754fe07bf21d169d348114a29ac# Parent 5d4c3782997f2292c514eb4f787d5e6fe12c58db s. diff -r 5d4c3782997f -r a987c5691130 images/steph2.jpg Binary file images/steph2.jpg has changed diff -r 5d4c3782997f -r a987c5691130 org/ideas.org --- a/org/ideas.org Tue Jun 10 11:36:37 2014 -0400 +++ b/org/ideas.org Sat Aug 02 14:13:14 2014 -0400 @@ -31,6 +31,29 @@ getting credit. #+end_quote +- suicide cryonics :: according to [[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/magazine/06suicide-t.html][this]], people who commit impulsive + suicides have a newfound sense of the importance of life. Perhaps + they are good cryonics targets. + +- lead bone :: Could you fill in all the empty spaces in a bone with + lead? Might be cool. + +- the quest for life :: Every stupid story has the "immortal who + wants to become mortal" or some other such idea. I want to story + where the protagonist loses their immortality and feels /angry/ + and ashamed about losing something that's so absolutely crucial + to their identity. A reverse of "death makes life worth living", + they feel that living forever is what makes life worth + living. Now they've "lost their sunrise" or their "connection to + the timeless universe" or something. So they go on a quest to get + it back, learning about themselves along the way, and regaining + the precious thing they lost in the beginning. + +- world-map :: take a small table and paint the continents in + toothpaste on the table. Make a slightly raised barrier + around the table. Slowly pour water onto the table, and + it will form the oceans! + - stage magic rituals :: rituals should incorporate elements of stage magic. Foe example in Teller's tempest, they have a scene where they levitate a crown in front of someone, then put it on his