T E N D A Y S O F P A R A D O X N O T E S O F A N O B S E R V E R A D I A R Y O F L I F E D A Y 1: Tuesday 24 th February I would like to focus more clearly and clarify my thoughts. I love to write about all sorts of ideas, but a defined subject keeps eluding my train of thought which ebbs and flows like the many atmospheric gases that we all breathe in our daily lives. What would it be like to live and exist on a space station, suspended in an ominous vacuum like a tiny puppet on a string? This idea struck me as an exciting one when I was considerably younger and happily striving for the unattainable status of Elite© in the famous 1980s PC space trading game. Even now, because of this wonderful teenage experience the much lamented strains of Strauss’ famous ‘Blue Danube’ Waltz swim into the silent and singing part of my mind whenever I see a space station on the te...
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