Hidden Passage of Time
May 2, 2011 in Blogs
Today has been completely not as anticipated, and it is gone leaving me five hours, plus or minus two, of undone work and a bad day tomorrow in which I have to be in court at the 9-5 Equivalent of three in the morning. I was rousted on short sleep today, and upon returning from a slightly extended morning errand in which I replenished printer supplies while I was out, I got today’s temporal anomalies article uploaded to the Examiner: Timeline part 11: hidden tunnel raises and attempts to address the question of why, if La Roche was taken by means of entry through the back door, historians in the future were unaware of this.
Before I rush to do the few things I still absolutely must do before trying to get insufficient sleep in preparation for tomorrow, let me mention having read two new articles from Eric “Tadeusz” Ashley, in his new series. Practise Bits: Yosadi tells an interesting story of a world in which it is illegal to own gold; Practise Bits: Preparation of the Tenth Horse is of a light cavalry unit readying itself for battle against an army of orcs and giants. As always, Eric brings interesting ideas in his stories, and they’re well worth reading.
I have already overstayed my available time; I must sleep sometime.
–M. J. Young
Tadeusz said on May 3, 2011
I waited on that page a bit, doing a post on another page, and still, no comment space appeared. Oh well. I’ll get your next article. Probably some temporary bug.
As to the article, I agree. The logic is clear and straightforward.
And indeed, many castles had, I believe, hidden exit tunnels.
M. J. Young said on May 3, 2011
Interestingly, just about the time I posted that I was also reading Deed of Paksennarion, the part near Brewersbridge where she leads the local militia and a few others against the bandit outpost. She decides to fake a frontal assault and watch for them sneaking out the back door. When asked why she thinks there’s a back door, she says she’s never known a stronghold that didn’t have one.
Concerning posting comments, the new articles have a new comments system integrated with Facebook. I don’t know how it works, but it may be that you have to be logged into Facebook to use it. In any case, I get a comments window at the bottom of the page (below a lot of other garbage) that has the Facebook look to it. It has a box that suggests you don’t have to post to Facebook, but I’m not sure what happens if you don’t.
Thanks for the encouraging comment.
–M. J. Young