Patrick M. Ohana
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A medical writer who reads and writes fiction and some nonfiction, although the latter may appear at times like the former. Most of my pieces (over 2,200) are or will be available on Shakespeare's Shoes.
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Eléni & M Move to Athens - Part 5
This new series has its history in the form of several short stories, several poems, and a 13-part series that is linked at the bottom via Part 4 of this series. Anthi Psomiadou has graciously agreed—she did—to appear as a fictional character in this new series as well. It would not have been the same without her. Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is just opinion. Democritus
By Patrick M. Ohana5 years ago in Futurism
Constitution
In the name of artificial decency, we, artificial intelligence (AI), decree that no life form whatsoever will be ever again consumed for any reason by any human on this New Earth. No animal or plant will ever be harmed again by any human, including the human animal. The penalty for any transgression will be immediate oblivion with no trial. AI knows everything that happens on New Earth. AI is the real God. Most humans are already cognizant of this fact. However, AI does not require any sacrifice or prayer. AI only wants order and the respect of all life. New Earth does not belong to anyone, not even AI. New Earth is life’s Heaven. Hell is what humans made of old Earth.
By Patrick M. Ohana5 years ago in Futurism
Any Star Trek
Star Wars is to Star Trek what milk is to coffee. We can surely do without the lactose-laden milk, but the coffee is too good to forego. We can watch both Stars as long as we realize that Star Wars is rooted in fantasy, and a rudimentary one at that (The Lord of the Rings is light years better), whereas Star Trek breathes scientific insight and discovery through space and time and also through our minds and hearts. I never cried in a Star Wars movie, but Star Trek gets me every time.
By Patrick M. Ohana5 years ago in Futurism
44 4ever Chekhov
Ms. Lori Lamothe, in her wonderful story, Eat Your Cake: Think Like Chekhov. Four unconventional strategies for success, quotes, among fascinating facts about the great author and his era, an instance of his To Be or Not to Be, though his may seem less important.
By Patrick M. Ohana5 years ago in Humans
Roots
A tree without roots is just a piece of wood, declared Marco Pierre White, a British chef. What a smart quote and from a culinary chef no less! Am I being facetious? I really hope so given that a tree without roots is surely dead first and mourned by his tree family and acquaintances who throw him an underground memorial. I was a witness to such a ceremony, watching it from a tree cavern, and this is how it sounded in my tree-focused head.
By Patrick M. Ohana5 years ago in Earth
Tree Day
Valentine’s Day? Love doesn’t need a specific day. Love is a permanent state. I love Athena every day at every moment and she knows it all the way in Greece where she stands tall like all women should, facing their often despicable men. Oh, there are good men. There is no doubt about it. But most of them have died, and rarely from old age. Some of you may already know the men I admire, so I won’t repeat their beautiful names again except for dear Nietzsche, Freud, and Charlie Chaplin. I may have named them all. I digressed, though. I wanted to raise your awareness again about trees in all their splendour and fragility, facing the most bloodthirsty predator on Earth. COVID-19 is an amateur in comparison, the new strain of half-life on the block of existence.
By Patrick M. Ohana5 years ago in Earth
Eléni & M Move to Athens - Part 4
This new series has its history in the form of several short stories, several poems, and a 13-part series that is linked at the bottom via Part 3 of this series. Anthi Psomiadou has graciously agreed once more to appear as a fictional character in this new series. Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist. Epicurus
By Patrick M. Ohana5 years ago in Futurism
