The Gaming Outpost

I’m not yet quite finished with the analysis of The Lake House, but I wouldn’t start an Examiner temporal anomalies series mid-week anyway so today I’m answering another reader question in Temporal Theory questions from Jeff.  Jeff asked about variants of replacement theory in which particular types of outcomes are guaranteed–in particular, when your changes don’t change the things that “matter” (killing Hitler doesn’t prevent the war or the Holocaust), or when changes are always for the worse, or always for the better.  All of these smack of providence, but the article addresses that.

Meanwhile, Eric Ashley’s new Cereal Novel series continues with a portrait of a very disoriented dimensional traveler in Cereal Novel:  You Elsewhen Ch. 2, listed under blogs instead of articles.  The world is weird, and the visitor has been noticed.

I have noticed that it might be a good day for swimming, and the pool looks promising.  On the other hand, a large load of strawberries has just arrived, and although I have neither shortcakes nor cream (whipped or heavy) I do have some peach “frozen dairy dessert” (I’m not certain why it is not labeled “ice cream”, but it is a good brand and it tastes creamy and peachy), which would be a great combination if I can get the strawberries washed.  I’m partial to strawberries, particularly with peaches or pineapple and especially all three together, although pineapple does not go as well with cream as the others do–although I recently enjoyed fresh strawberries with canned peaches and canned pineapple over pudding that was either vanilla or banana (sometimes hard to tell with pudding), and it was good enough to explain why some people think fruit is dessert.

I obviously got shorted on sleep last night–my own fault, stayed up too late doing too little.  I seem to be rambling.  Perhaps, then, I should ramble over to the discussion forum and see what’s happening in the games.

–M. J. Young