EUNUCH 1

Ever since William III's war on France stopped the flow of French Brandy to the British Isles necessitating the invention of a new ersatz spirit, London has been plagued by Gin drunkenness.  Everyone is making it.  Everyone is selling it.  Everyone is consuming it.  And London's Gin Craze is not just a man's game, nay every female from wet nurse to matron is consuming it.  Neither tradition nor policing stifled their drinking.  On Gin Street, in this year of our lord, 1844, a cloaked figure taps his way through a raucous throng of Gin-crazed  Londoners.  Pausing before a heap of rags, he loudly taps his cane against the pavement.   Startled, a ragamuffin darts out from the heap.

"No Will!"  emanates a voice from the rag heap.  "Stay with mommy."

Works Live on After Death

The mother of an e-friend departed life today.  The man's an atheist, so how to console him?  The dead live on through their influence on people they have come into contact with in their lifetimes.  And as the people you influence go about influencing others, your contribution to society grows.  All the more reason that each of our contributions should be of the highest quality that we can discern.