"In some cases this is simply a matter of referring to a set of ideas that has very real existence, even if the qualities and phenomena they purport to describe do not."

-- The Myth of ContinentsI've been running into this problem for many years now, that I refer to categories or descriptors like "race" even though they are fake, because so many ( Read more... )

are telling you,

right now,

that you're doing fine,

we're,

all doing fine,

for the first time in decades,

September 4, 2059

Tate was on his way back from his first block of four 12-hour shifts working for Marco, helping Alessio to develop into his own adolescence as an organic personality in a cloned adult body.

He'd heard, of course, that android Luke had been summarily recalled by Marco's company, along with all the other sex androids of that ( Read more... )

August 31, 2059

Tate agreed to accept the job!  But he doesn't want to start until two weeks from tomorrow (today is a Sunday).  He's waiting to hear whether that start date is acceptable.  He doesn't know whether Marco Prime has been wiped yet or not, but he does know he won't be the only person on the development team, that there will be shift ( Read more... )

August 29, 2059

Having Matt sleep inverted on the bed meant he kicked Tate in the face or head a few times during sleep.  In the morning, Tate ordered Matt to drill two velcro ankle shackles into the headboard where Matt's pillow would normally lie, "Do it now, get whatever you need and do it now."  From now on Matt would sleep with his feet ( Read more... )

August 28, 2059

Tate's on his way back to Matt's house, riding in a car.  Tate had told Matt to have Alex lock up Matt's cock while Tate was away.  Then Tate had told Alex to "have his way" with Matt in the dungeon while Tate was gone, but don't let Matt have an orgasm.  Tate is doing pretty well at sliding into an open relationship as Matt's Sir ( Read more... )

August 23, 2059

His first full day at the beach had been quiet, uneventful, what he'd wanted.  The second day he started feeling a deeper relaxation -- nobody needs him here, nobody telling him what to do.

Something he'd never done before was build a fire at the beach.  He knew that's something people did after dark on cool nights, he wanted to do ( Read more... )

August 21, 2059

It took all day to select the beach house, to pack, to get there, so when Tate arrived he was ready to go to bed again, he'd have a full day of vacation from the world in the morning, and then the next morning, and the next.

He sent Matt a sign-off message, telling him not to worry, to have Alex lock up Matt's cock until Tate gets ( Read more... )

Matt had gone along with Tate to the jail, although he had to wait outside, and although Tate had insisted on paying for the car, and paid for the car to wait to take them back.  Between that viral YouTube poll and his bonus from Chris, Tate had enough cash to feel independent for the first time, even if it wouldn't last.  They hadn't been sure how ( Read more... )

Tate took a car to the jail, where Ma,

With his own money, she was always about their own money,

He was gonna bail her out, with their own money, his bonus, and his YouTube cash,

But, Talon had already agreed to a plea bargain, three years, so, there was lots of crying, and she told him he'd be ejected if he kept that up, and, he knew he wouldn't be ( Read more... )