Catching the Waves
June 13, 2011 in Blogs
Let me begin by mentioning the posting of today’s Examiner temporal anomalies article, continuing to analyze a disastrous time travel film with A Sound of Thunder part 5: wave goodbye. I don’t know whether the notion originated with this movie or whether they simply adopted it for their story, but the idea of history changing in successive waves–well, better that you should read this first of several criticisms of that notion before I get started on a rant.
I am hoping to get to the shore today, not to touch the surf or sand but to sit on the dock and eat some excellent seafood as the birthday celebration that did not happen on Thursday; but then, there are also preparations still being made for Kyler‘s wedding, and we still have a hot water plumbing problem, so I’m not sure I’m going to get anywhere I hope to be.
Meanwhile, I was pleased and a bit flattered to find myself appearing in one of Eric Ashley’s stories. Practise Bits: Wanderer is an interesting story, and I could see me doing that, at least in that persona.
We have some new participants for the forum, so let me welcome them as I bring this to a close.
–M. J. Young
JohnA1nut said on June 13, 2011
What’s the difference between an angry general and the New Jersey shoreline?
An angry general has been poorly saluted
The New Jersey shoreline has been sorely polluted.
M. J. Young said on June 16, 2011
Yeah, yeah–it’s not like it was when those jokes were written, and I’ll bet I know more jokes about the water around here than you do. Things like, If you fall into the Hudson you won’t drown, you’ll disintegrate; and There was a jumper off the George Washington Bridge, the crews are out wiping him off the surface now. But then, our rivers never, ever, ever caught fire, and that became common on the Ohio.
The Hudson is clean now. The shore is good, too. I just don’t care for salt water, sandy feet, or ocean currents when I swim. I’ll do rapids and I’ll do swimming pools.
–M. J. Young
JohnA1nut said on June 16, 2011
I got the joke out of a MAD magazine when I was a kid. I thought you would appreciate it.