| Comic courtesy XKCD. |
Which is where I've been living for a long time, now. I mean, what with smartphones that can do more than the first four computers I owned, plus Pork Rinds you can make yourself in the microwave
(YES, That's a thing!)
we are clearly living in a time that Buck Rogers would envy.
(And speaking of Buck Rogers, you know you are living in the future when a reference to Buck Rogers is dated.)
So while I also am looking forward to the Future, which is actually the Present, because I'm already there and also because I am habitually behind schedule, the things I am anticipating in 2014 are, in some cases, things that have happened in the past, but they haven't happened to me, yet, so like the person in the last car of the roller coaster as it tops the first hill, I'm still waiting for the thrill.
Here's a look at what I'm hoping will be cool in 2014: