The Gaming Outpost

I have published the next Examiner temporal anomalies article, 11 Minutes Ago part 7:  earlier, which deals with why Pack makes his next trip to 7:15, instead of following the established pattern of going backward in quarter hour increments.  Meanwhile, assuming that time does not go against me too harshly this evening, I hope to submit the first of my political pieces tonight, in the hope that the editorial staff will clear it for publication tomorrow.  I will attempt to let you know.

There is another bit of a story from Eric Ashley, under the peculiar title Practise Bits:  11!!Leet11!!.  I do not see the connection between this reconfiguration of twentieth century history and the texting language of Geeks, but perhaps I am not understanding something.

Friday’s Collision rehearsal went quite well, overall.  One of the new songs has reached that state that at which the audience would not realize how badly we flubbed it, and that’s a good thing, although it still needs much work.  There’s talk of another concert, and I’m looking forward to it, but am not certain of dates or anything.

Being a bit pressed for time, I’m not going to stretch my brain any further trying to think of what I’m supposed to remember to say, and just leap forward to the next part of tonight’s work.

–M. J. Young

It appears that my discussions with The Examiner editorial staff are reaching resolution, and I may be taking the second hat of New Jersey Political Buzz Examiner.  I expect to know by Wednesday, in any case.  I’ll undoubtedly start with the birther issue, which is hot right now anyway because of a court case in New Jersey which claims that Obama is not eligible for inclusion on the ballot and his lawyer’s apparent response to the effect that the Hawaiian birth certificate is irrelevant even though it is forged.  I’m going to have to think about that one for a while; people are asking me (why me? well, once I have this title, it will be appropriate) whether he can be impeached on the basis that he committed fraud by publishing the birth certificate.  I doubt it, but it might give me something else to write.  Speaking of which, I’d better get started on a rewrite–the article I wrote in its present form is outside the editorial expectations of the paper, so I’m going to have to redo it significantly, and probably serialize it.

Meanwhile, the temporal anomalies series continues with 11 Minutes Ago part 5:  missed, which discusses why Pack comes back at 8:15 on the early timelines, and whether he might have changed the sequence of his arrivals.  Also on this front, I was looking for a copy of a time travel movie and did not find it, but instead found Butterfly Effect II, sequel to a movie previously analyzed.  I knew this movie existed, because I recorded Butterfly Effect III a year or so ago when it ran on cable, so I figured there had to be a second before there was a third; I just never expected to find it on the racks of a department store.  The first was a disaster, and escaped being a horribly depressing movie by not being the director’s cut, so I have not been looking forward to the sequels; but at least it means I have a time travel movie I can watch.

The members of Collision seem to have decided that we will rehearse this Friday.  That’s kind of interesting, as I’m used to being the one who makes those decisions, but I’m not going to discourage their enthusiasm.  We certainly need the rehearsal, and they’re talking about getting a regular gig, which will be interesting at least.

Eric Ashley continues to be prolific, with three more pieces added to his collection.  I’m not sure who Clancy is, but apparently in Practise Bits:  Clancy he’s involved in hunting pirate submarines.  Practise Bits:  Wake gives us someone’s early morning philosophizing.  The title of Practise Bits:  Desolation gives a clue to the setting but ignores the beastly battle that ensues within it.

–M. J. Young