2050

First, wanted to wish DR some luck today. Here is an email we got from her today:

"Any good vibes and positive thoughts you could send this direction this afternoon will be appreciated. Dr. R is doing the procedure on my foot at 2:15 (let's hope he's running on time. The only thing he said was it would create a very large blister and walking would be "uncomfortable" for several days. He did NOT define uncomfortable. I admit to a low pain threshold (I'm a wimp) and memories of the lip surgery/recovery are not pleasant, so I admit to being a major twitch this morning. Hopefully, I've awfulized it in my mind to the point where it will be a walk in the park, compared to my imagination ."

You have all my thoughts and prayers, DR!

What will the world be like in 2050? World War III will be going on and cancer will be history as a cure will have been found. Limbs will be easily replaced. Computers will talk to each other just like humans. We will be in the midst of an energy crisis. Here is an article where fifteen hundred Americans were polled about the future:

http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/pew-future-poll-world-war-iii-cancer-cure-are-on-the-way/19526759?icid=main|htmlws-sb-n|dl1|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aolnews.com%2Fnation%2Farticle%2Fpew-future-poll-world-war-iii-cancer-cure-are-on-the-way%2F19526759

Do you agree with the article? What other things are you predicting for 2050? I am predicting flying cars and a cure for diabetes. I also think people will be living long into their hundreds. Both national and local elections will be done by computer.

Your turn.

WHO AM I?

The Swedish Nightingale, Jenny Lind was yesterday's answer. Elvis Costello was the Elvis that wrote an opera about her that was originally performed in Oakland.

I was born in New York in 1903 and died in 1987 in Washington, D.C. of a brain tumor.
My father was a businessman and Mom was a violinist. I became famous in many careers. I gained equal fame as an editor, playwright, politician, journalist, and diplomat. All those careers came after I was an understudy of a famous actress of that time. Acting was my original ambition. I soon lost interest when my parents wanted me to tour Europe with them. There I decided that I wanted to work in the women's suffrage movement. It was also there that I married a man twenty-four years my senior. After we had one daughter I divorced my abusive husband. Then I joined the staff of Vogue, as an editorial assistant. Having found direction in the wake of a tragedy I developed a serious interest in writing. I became associate editor of Vanity Fair magazine, and began writing short sketches satirizing New York society and its figures. I resigned to become a playwright. I remarried at age thirty-two to a man five years my elder who was a world renowned publisher. In my first month of my second marriage my first play opened on Broadway and was panned by critics. My second play was also panned by critics but was loved by audiences and ended after six hundred and fifty-seven performance. During WWII I served as a journalist for LIFE magazine. I went to both France and China. When the US entered the war I went through Africa, India, China, and Burma. These travels lead me to run for a seat in the House of Representatives. I won with ease by alleging FDR brought the country into the war unprepared. After visiting American troops in Italy I advocated immediate aid to Italian war victims. I was reelected. During my time in office my only child, my daughter, was killed in a car accident. I was so devastated by the loss of her that I suffered a nervous breakdown. After leaving the House I wrote a wrote a screenplay that received an Academy Award nomination. I followed that with a play. I went back into politics to campaign for Ike. After he won he appointed me as an ambassador to Italy. After settling a serious dispute between two countries I became seriously ill with arsenic poisoning and resigned. I occupied my time after that painting and creating mosaics until I was appointed again to an ambassador position. A senator from Oregon fought against that appointment and after I said that he was kicked in the head by a horse I had to resign due to all the fallout from the remark. I showed up again in politics when Ronnie appointed me to an advisory board. Who Am I?