"The implosion was confirmed the next morning, but because the Coast Guard didn't have a way to verify the wreckage they continued with the rescue efforts"
I was a low level IT guy many years ago and had worked for the company for about 4 years. There was a sales guy also named Bob that I would help out a few times a year. It was a small company, around 50 employees, and every year at the company Christmas party sales guy Bob would come up to me and say "I don't think we've met, I'm Bob".
That pissed me off, but it is the only time I can remember where I was upset someone didn't remember my name.
Madonna, I was 13 years old and was an extra on A League of Their Own and I ran into her on set. I was nervous but she gave me her time and was gracious enough to talk to me... in fact, everyone on the set was very open and willing to talk with the extras, except for Tom Hanks. He would do his scenes and then exit as quickly as possible, while avoiding talking with people.
Obviously the first step is to stop smoking yesterday. You can buy test strips off of Amazon. I'd recommend getting those and then testing yourself as soon as you get them. And for the next several weeks you should have a huge container of water in your hands at all times and constantly drinking (and peeing). Once a week you should test yourself and if you are still showing positive when it is time for your test then you may want to see if you can postpone (like, maybe an out of town uncle died or something).
there’s an absolutely brilliant science fiction trilogy by Adrian Tchaikovsky called Children of Time
I've had this series on my 'to read' list for a while, but I don't remember adding it and didn't remember anything about it. Thank you for this great description that doesn't give anything away with the story, you have helped move this series to be my next read.
"The implosion was confirmed the next morning, but because the Coast Guard didn't have a way to verify the wreckage they continued with the rescue efforts"
That's basically the 'new information'.