Teeth. I'm sure my dentist is just waiting for me to give him a
call because I damaged my teeth opening the toothpaste or holding the end of
the Ziploc bag trying to slide open the zipper. I can truthfully say that there
are a number of things that are invaluable at this particular time: my husband
without whom I would probably starve to death; needle nose pliers; grip it
twister grips; wet dishcloths; salad shooter; ice; Dragon.
The surgery went well. I had what is called a neural block. That
deadened my shoulder all the way to the tips of my fingers. The anesthesiologist
said the block should last 20 hours – 15 hours later, in the middle of the
night, my fingers start tingling and my thumb ached. So I took the high-powered
prescription to dull the pain – it did okay for the 1st 24 hours.
After that it made me so dizzy that I was nauseous and I couldn't eat or drink
so I couldn't take medication... Needless to say I picked up Tylenol PM and
Advil PM and have been doing great since.
So my hand is wrapped in a soft cast and my thumb is nothing more
than a nub sticking out on the side of the wrapping and my other 4 fingers are
nothing more than fat little sausages hanging out the end of the wrapping. My
hand looks like it belongs to a cartoon character.
Everyone says to keep the hand up above the heart. That is a
wonderful idea. Not practical, makes sleeping difficult, but it is a great
idea. I slept the 1st 2 nights in a recliner with my hand propped up
across my chest in a sling and the dog sleeping between my feet. Needless to
say I didn't get a lot of sleep. That's okay – I'm getting into naps.
The one thing I'm not used to is being baby sat. I have not been
babysat in over 50 years. In fact, I was babysitting other kids by the time I
was 11. So having people come over and "watch out for me" while my
husband is at work is rather disconcerting. I mean, it is nice to have the
company, but couldn't they come at a time when I was more mentally available?
To watch me doze and drool while we were watching movies just doesn't seem like
a very uplifting meaningful visit. Maybe for them it was.
I have gotten into resting after lunch. I know that many European
countries have siestas, now I understand why. It is a great relaxing way to
beat the summer heat. I've been watching all those movies I said I would watch
when my husband wasn't home. I'm also catching up on some reading. I finished a
unicorn Western and I'm working my way through the last book of my wired
generation research. Don, you mentioned being ambidextrous – I'm learning how
to take notes left handed. And actually my writing is improving! My left-handed
granddaughter would be proud of me.
On to more interesting topics. Dylan Love wrote an article that
stated "By 2045, the top species will no longer be humans, and that could
be a problem". The new species that he is talking about is robots. It appears
that we are on that cusp that could take us in a direction we, as humanity, are
unprepared for.
Lewis Del Monte, a physicist, wrote a book called The Artificial Intelligence Revolution
and he explains that by the end of the century people are more likely to be
cyborg. Machines could very well see humans as unstable and incapable, creators
of wars and wiping out machines with viruses. The most interesting thing I
learned was that in 2009, in an experiment in the Laboratory of Intelligent
Systems in Switzerland, computers actually lied to each other in an attempt to
keep beneficial resources to themselves. Hmmmm – it appears the machines we
have created are not much different than we are.
Some of my other reading includes the stories we will be
publishing on Wormhole in September. Tammy has sent in an incredibly creepy story
called Detour that has left me
Creeped out. Magnificent story. And one of our new European writers, Jeroen,
sent in a magnificent Scottish ghost story. I haven't quite finished his story
but I can say it did a great job of creeping me out too. It looks like the
stories for September are great precursors for October.
Have a great week folks!
Carolyn
Article by Dylan Love retrieved from
all images downloaded from Google images
Fig 1 – babysitting retrieved from www.schools.manatee.k12.fl.us
Fig 2 – L a siesta retrieved from hotelyaramar.es
Fig 3 – national robotics week 2015 retrieved from www.nationalroboticsweek.co
Fig 4 – artificial intelligence in the future of humans retrieved
from futurehumanevolution.com
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