Einstein Was Not An Impotent Word Slut

This week's helpful critique by a non-industry, non-reader of why I have yet to score a major publishing deal: "You aren't using them big words are you? Society is dumber than it used to be."

Now that we have our mental juices warmed, I can't begin to tell you how excited I am that the time travel goodness is overflowing. Who else is going to spoon-feed you this stuff?

The Time Travel Mart, which we Vortexers have patronized before, is now offering a set of devotional candles by artist Mickey Duzyj depicting the holy trinity of time travel physicists: Hawking, Einstein and Mallet. Lauded as patron saints of time travel, these beauts each contain the artist's rendering of the scientist, a quote about time travel and information regarding each man's contribution to time travel. $35.00, all proceeds to charity.

Speaking of Stephen Hawking, two fist-bumps and a snap for his smart aleck response to a reporter asking him for a time travel formula.

One of seven Delorean prop cars used (only three survived) in the Back to the Future film series was sold at a charity auction for $541,000. All proceeds benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation, the largest private funding organization dedicated to Parkinson's research.

Scholastic, the powerhouse behind the phenomenally successful 39 Clues empire, will launch its newest multi-author, multi-publishing platform venture titled Infinity Ring in September 2012. The series, pitched as an alternate history time travel series targeted at the 8-12 year old market, will feature bestselling author James Dasher for books one and seven.

Check out Julia Wood, a forty-two year old woman who renovated her Victorian-era home down to the smallest detail and walks the walk of a Victorian spinster. If I were eccentric enough to pull this off, it wouldn't be in a corset.

Remember when we talked about the artistic merge of an old photograph with the exact same setting in present day? Taylor Jones has created Dear Photograph, a website that features these time travel-ish photos that followers send in each week. Best part? The notes below them.

This week, I'm backing away from my Words With Friends addiction. Apparently, I am the only random opponent who uses WORDS THAT EXIST. I don't like the practice of slutting up any old combination of letters until something sticks for sixty-three points. I suspect Mr. Sheen may be one of these impotent word sluts. Withdrawls and DTs (dialogue tremors) may ensue, but I assure you I'll be far less linguistically frustrated this time next week.