8) History never repeats itself. - Larry Niven

Cheap superconductors imply maglev trains everywhere. Computers could get big again, with RAM/ROM rising by powers of forty and fifty, if superconductors shed the heat. Laser handguns against superconducting armor. I'm not predicting; I just love playing with superconductors.

Cooking was creation itself; It seemed to put the universe in perspective.

11) There is a time and place for tact. And there are times when tact is entirely misplaced.