Google the future

[resonant]

A conservative, hawkish, and suspiciously clean-cut young man won the primary here for Republican candidate for Congress. Today as I was dreamily staring out the window, I saw a yard sign with his name on it, and I thought: "I should Google him to find out when he'll be propositioning a male undercover cop in a public restroom."

Like, for that split second, it seriously seemed completely plausible to me that it ought to be possible to Google for things that haven't happened yet.

I mean, think of the repercussions! If I GoogleFuture a book that hasn't been written yet and pass off parts of it as my own, is that plagiarism? If I GoogleFuture things I actually wrote (only not yet), could I find out what fandom I'll be in ten years from now?

If I GoogleFuture myself and find my obituary, would I be better off looking at the date or not?

Comments

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

They could call it Foogle!

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

There's already a Froogle for shopping. Or there used to be, anyway.