Thank Goodness There Are People Inventing Stuff Like This . . .

Saw this item on the blog site of a Science Fiction author I like - John Scalzi. While I understand the need of this product if you are disabled, I am at a loss as to who else would shell out some cash for it. And on the subject of John Scalzi, I just finished two of his books, The Old Man's War and The Last Colony (a sequel) which are excellent science fiction reads. The former begins:   I did two things on my seventy-fifth birthday. I visited my wife’s grave. Then I joined the army. When John Perry turns seventy-five, he joins the Colonial Defence Forces. Joining the army at his time of life is not as odd as you might be thinking. Seventy-five is, in fact, the minimum enlisting age. Nobody on Earth knows all that much about the CDF, but rumour has it that they have a way of restoring your youth. You're required to serve for at least two years, defending human colonies against alien attacks. Then, if you survive, you’ll be allowed to settle in one of the colonies yourself. The only “but” is that you’re never allowed to return to Earth again. But for someone like John Perry, with not much left to tie him to the world, that's not a bad deal.  CLICK HERE TO READ MORE The Last Colony, reprises the story of John Perry, former planet-hopping soldier who has now traded his genetically enhanced second body for a commonplace one and a peaceful retirement. Free from the stresses of battle, he's enjoying domestic bliss with his wife and adopted daughter on a remote Colonial Union world. Then a former commanding general drops by with a tempting proposal. Perry and his wife are apparently the perfect candidates to lead a promising new colony populated by citizens from 10 worlds. They accept, but then the CU deceitfully strands them and their charges on an unknown world.  CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Happy Friday...and don't forget to be...sanitary! MisterWriter