Isaac Whatever

Less than an hour ago, I was drunk at a party. Well, sort of a party. It had ladies, anyway. Then my ride took me back to my apartment.

I wonder why I agreed to leave. I wonder, if I was doing something stupid, or irritating. I will probably never know.

Jenga Madness. It's hard to tell from the picture, but the juggling ball in the middle counterweights the entire structure... if it is removed, the trap is sprung a la Indiana Jones. 

Recently, scientists have discovered how to induce hibernation in mammals. If we inhale hydrogen sulfide gas, we go into a deep hibernation, approaching suspended animation. Washington Post Story.

This has applications all over, including medicine. It also opens up the possibility of interstellar travel. The crew of the starship simply hibernates until they reach their destination.

The hibernation bays would probably look a lot like coffins. They have to be sealed, to keep in the gas, and you need to be able to control the temperature... but I bet we wouldn't want blank ones, we'd probably put neat designs on the outside. Maybe a sleeping king?

So it would look just like Egyptian sarcophagus. I think maybe the ancestors of Egyptians passed down lore of this deathlike sleep in a coffin, where you went to sleep in the world you were used to and awoke in place different beyond imagining.