Once they were able to get the temporal boundary lock working, it was only a matter of time before someone stupid enough to look for it would try. A self-proclaimed ‘Urban Legend’ scientist, Professor Quark spent millions of dollars in the hunt for many of the world’s imaginary creatures.
After a dozen or so failures, he was beginning to scrape the bottom of the proverbial barrel. That’s when the TBL was released. In a fit of passion, he purchased one of the first working prototypes and set off for wetter areas of the country. After a quick search, North Idaho was chosen… only because there were a series of quick, intermittent storms supposed to be rolling through.
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Okay… today’s prompt is: 5. Tell us about your July 4th celebration. Don’t forget the pictures! If I write about my “celebration”, you guys are gonna fall asleep… because that’s what I did. The only thing I think you could call celebratory about my evening was grilling up some steaks. Other than that, I went to bed with the sound of explosions going off all around me. I’m so fun.
Day 3, and I’m not burned out just yet (I know, it’s early in the daily game). Today’s question is a hot one: 3. Would you ever want to run for political office? Why or why not? *pulls on his asbestos pants* *leans in closer to the microphone on the podium* “No.”
*crawls out from under a rock* *squints at the light* “Oh! Hey.” *contemplates crawling back under the rock*
Every year, a local jeweler hosts something called a Diamond Dash. It’s essentially a scavenger hunt, cleverly disguised as an opportunity to win a diamond ring. You pay to enter, and using your phone (to get SMS alerts), and any other means (i.e. bikes/scooters/segways/hoverboards/feet/etc…), you run your butt ragged around a downtown metropolitan area (complete with regular traffic) to find clues and solve riddles, which in turn, earns you points to possibly get a chance to win some cool stuff.
NaNoWriMo (the short version of National Novel Writing Month) is only 2 weeks away. Among the writing group, we just shorten it to nano and we understand that we’re not discussing very tiny robots or electronics.
Today isn’t anything special. It’s the first day of many Augusts I’ve lived through. It’s the day before I turn 44 years old. It’s a hot summer day like many we’ve had before. But what if I made it special?
