changeset 132:a987c5691130

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author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Sat, 02 Aug 2014 14:13:14 -0400
parents 823974ec6e0f (diff) 5d4c3782997f (current diff)
children 35eb4c1a7bf7
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     2.4  getting credit.
     2.5  #+end_quote
     2.6  
     2.7 +- suicide cryonics :: according to [[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/magazine/06suicide-t.html][this]], people who commit impulsive
     2.8 +     suicides have a newfound sense of the importance of life. Perhaps
     2.9 +     they are good cryonics targets.
    2.10 +
    2.11 +- lead bone :: Could you fill in all the empty spaces in a bone with
    2.12 +               lead? Might be cool.
    2.13 +
    2.14 +- the quest for life  :: Every stupid story has the "immortal who
    2.15 +     wants to become mortal" or some other such idea. I want to story
    2.16 +     where the protagonist loses their immortality and feels /angry/
    2.17 +     and ashamed about losing something that's so absolutely crucial
    2.18 +     to their identity. A reverse of "death makes life worth living",
    2.19 +     they feel that living forever is what makes life worth
    2.20 +     living. Now they've "lost their sunrise" or their "connection to
    2.21 +     the timeless universe" or something. So they go on a quest to get
    2.22 +     it back, learning about themselves along the way, and regaining
    2.23 +     the precious thing they lost in the beginning.
    2.24 +
    2.25 +- world-map :: take a small table and paint the continents in
    2.26 +               toothpaste on the table. Make a slightly raised barrier
    2.27 +               around the table. Slowly pour water onto the table, and
    2.28 +               it will form the oceans!
    2.29 +
    2.30  - stage magic rituals :: rituals should incorporate elements of stage
    2.31       magic. Foe example in Teller's tempest, they have a scene where
    2.32       they levitate a crown in front of someone, then put it on his