forever after

But for the next four years, until the next presidential campaign, and forever after, there will be no end of people explaining how the outcome was clear as the dawning daylight all along.

Snapchat fans took this for granted, so there was a minor scandal when the tech press revealed that those messages weren’t really disappearing forever after all—instead, they would be relocated to another spot in your phone drive, buried deep under myriad folders, and still recoverable for anyone tech-savvy enough to dig.

Letters soared back and forth between us, and because we were both 50 and counting, once I caved and we came face to face we wasted no time before announcing the nuptials, even though we both knew football season could be an impediment to forever after.

No CEO, out of the generosity of his heart, would be like, “Dudes, we’re not going to use AI. Don’t worry, we’re not going to scan you and use you forever after you’re dead.”

Forever after, Crosby, Stills & Nash’s history would be intertwined with Young’s presence and absence.