Inventor to world: CHILL
Inventor speaks about Ginger
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Ginger inventor to world: CHILL
The inventor of Ginger, the uber-secret invention, finally spoke about his project today. He came out and told everybody to calm the hell down. He said some of these quotes have been pulled way out of context and that the invention is a bit more whimsical than it is earth-shattering.
So it looks like it IS just a scooter. No real great bells and whistles, it's just a two-wheel scooter. It sure was gonna be cool when I was still dreaming up what it would be. I enjoyed the hell out of that little mystery. There isn't enough of that type of thing going on.
Finally, someone has created a museum dedicated to all things spy! This could be one of the coolest museums in the world. A friend and I recently had a conversation about how much we dug hidden passages and secret doors. All those false bookcases and fireplaces, everybody digs those. I have always been fascinated by stuff like that.
I think it would be really cool to see the weird cameras and crazy hidden guns that the CIA rigged up. I could spend days wandering around that place. Especially the "spy school." Screw Disney, I'm going to spy school!
Stephen Hawking to world: CHILL
Slippin' a little Stephen Hawking in for ya today! Speaking at a university in India, Hawking said that if we don't destroy ourselves in the next 100 years, we will colonize other planets and do all sorts of cool stuff. He seems pretty worried that we are going to blow ourselves up, though. "There is a very real danger that we will kill everything on this planet now that we have the technological power to do so."
I've always enjoyed Stephen Hawking's ideas. I have to say that I spent much of my elementary and junior high years also in constant fear of nuclear war. I always found stories about that stuff fascinating and horrifying at the same time. There were a couple of episodes of the *new* Twilight Zone that played on those fears and they scared the bejeezus out of me.
You'd think that he would remember the name of the guy who handed him the presidency, but apparently not. President-elect George W. Bush messed up Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's first name on national TV...not once, but twice. Bush first called him Anthony, but then caught himself. He quickly corrected himself by calling him Antonio. Antonin is an odd name, I admit, but I think it would make sense for George W. to have learned it by now.
And finally, a big warm fuzzy look at President William Jefferson Clinton. Man, I am gonna miss that guy. He had all the cool scandals and all that great emotional lip-biting. Oh well, at least we get W. on SNL for the next four years.
01-15-01