I'm Here Methinks

I came to this site on a totally unrelated matter, and then I realized it's been over seven years since last I published anything here. I haven't lost focus, however, technology advances on the order of Moore's Law have passed me by, and I haven't felt that I've had anything clever or witty to say lately.

 I do have a life outside of sitting at the computer and cranking out words that when put together make some semblance of sense, and the last post was going to be the start of a series, as time travel has always fascinated me.

However, the need to do other things like work has precluded me from acquiring the requisite money to make the above mentioned movie a success. That's not to say that it won't get made somehow, however, I'm not a charity, and people won't work free. They need to be paid. 

That's the bar. I could post a relatively low budget movie spreadsheet here, and state that at current prices, The Watchmaker, or, Watchmaker depending on whom you ask, could be made for around a half a million dollars USD. No, not USDT, or BTC, or even ETH.

That's right, while I was absent from this site, the cryptocurrency phenomenon has exploded, and it seems like every Chinese 'bot in the guise of a beautiful woman has targeted me as a dupe, and I seem to be approached by one or two of these on a daily basis. I'm almost at the point wherein I'm giving up my Facebook account completely, however, it's truly the only way I can get paid work to earn a modicum of a pittance in order to eat for a few days and keep a roof over my head. 

I tell them that I have no money, and they reply, "No problem! You can borrow some!!!" Well, last I checked, that requires some sort of decent credit rating, and the ability to pay back what you borrow eventually. Pandemic free money not withstanding. Yes, I collected a lot of that, and as a good person I was giving it away left and right to those that came up with some sort of believable sob story.

I did manage to find a somewhat paying gig before the pandemic started, and that's how I got all the free pandemic money in the first place. However, my advancing age precludes me from working more than 2 or 3 times a week, and I don't have reliable transportation either. That was one of the questions on the job application. I was under the false impression that Metro Net in this city was reliable at the time, so without thinking I wrote down, "Yes."  I think it was actually a checkbox. 

I read somewhere that the mysterious "they" are going to either declare the pandemic over, or lift all the restrictions on May 11th. That's 2023 in case you're wondering, and you read this after the fact, in which case most of the above will be irrelevant. 

This here blog thing is supposed to either inform or amuse you, as that's what they tell you when you get one. I can't truly say that I've done that, as that's for you to decide. 

Oh, and in case you were wondering, this is not a de facto plea for donations for me to make my next short film. I'm doing that elsewhere ;) <3

72 and Sunny in Redondo Beach. 

I'll let you guess which one....

We Are All Time Travellers

All you need is a valid central point, and some Einsteinian math to power your machine. There may be a need to generate all the energy needed with a generator the size of the sun with the corresponding output as well.

Or you can move forward one second at a time like most of us already do.

I realize I've started a sentence with a conjunction, and I don't normally recommend that grammatically. However, on an occasional basis, you must break the rules. Like for instance, when time traveling.

I've realized that time travel as a story device is limited in scope, as it truly only solves the problems that it doesn't create by its mere existence.  There's a whole fandom out there that would take you on and battle to the last man if you were to make this argument.  For those unfamiliar with the Grandfather paradox; Is it possible to travel back in time to kill your grandparents, nullifying your birth, at which point, you weren't able to travel back in time to kill them? Philosophy and Physics have the answers to these questions. See also; The Butterfly Effect.  Well, don't see the movie version, as it's not that good.

It's only fun to think about these things if you realize that you can't do it yourself, and you may not even be able to pay a lot of money to make it possible.  So we're stuck for now with varying levels of representation of the phenomenon in the media, most of which is shockingly bad simply because the authors had a squishy vision of what their time travel could accomplish.

I post this here, as this is The Watchmaker site, and as we all know, most if not all of us are continually striving to answer the question.

That's my story™ Hope you enjoyed it. Soon to be a major motion picture....

This Is A Job For...

Oh, wait. He's not available. Who can we get?

I know I haven't posted here in awhile, and most of you know why.  If you don't, keep reading. Even if you do, you should keep reading. Yes, as a writer, I need readers.

Super Blood Moon

It's my understanding that not only are we going to have a super moon (one that wears a cape), it will be a blood moon as well.  This is an astrological event that certain someones have attached a meaning to.

Grammatically, that should read, "to which some have attached meaning." Apparently someone a long time ago decided that English language rules are fluid, and I haven't read a Strunk & White lately.

In any case, we have this phenomenon that only takes place now 4 or 5 times in a lifetime occurring this evening, and you don't want to miss it. I may very well, simply because once again I've triple booked myself, and as you know, I'm not Jay Garrick.

I have indeed decided that recording the event for my good friend posterity is a good idea.  My current problem is that I have too many devices with which to do it, and I haven't read the "friendly" manual for any of them.

72 and Sunny in Redondo Beach, despite what the weatherman tells you.

Adjust your expectations accordingly.