Cory, I just listened to your reading of this story, and just wanted to say that I thought it was EXCELLENT. Really, you have some of the freshest, most thought provoking SF out there right now, and I always love hearing your new stuff.

Great work as always!

(Also thanks for releasing it free)

nice quote!

that was a perfect summary of that article.

Interestingly, this very thing happened to me while I was in high school (as I recall, about 2000) a couple towns over from Grayslake. I was suspended for 1 day under the guise of a "zero tolerance" weapons policy for having a Leatherman tool on my belt (I was a theater techie, thank you very much).

Incidentally, I was also an honor student.

freakin adminstration.

Perhaps an epoxy could be applied to the cord, like carbon fiber or fiberglass epoxy (polyester).