{"id":38,"date":"2008-06-15T13:02:34","date_gmt":"2008-06-15T21:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/?p=38"},"modified":"2008-06-15T13:02:34","modified_gmt":"2008-06-15T21:02:34","slug":"commentary-18-18-and-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/commentary-18-18-and-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Commentary 18: 18 And Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This chapter doesn&#8217;t have a whole lot of fun facts compared to the others.  It mainly serves as a catch-up on what&#8217;s changed in the new present and bridges us to the beginning of the resolution.  The silver lining of a new, time travel free life is the return of the cute little redheaded girl in a starring role&#8230;for now.<\/p>\n<p>Other tidbits:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Another winner of a chapter title, playing nicely with &#8220;I might be stuck here forever.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>We learn the repercussions of the pilfered Billy Joel song.  Unbeknownst to the narrator despite his musical expertise, Billy Joel almost hung it up after <a title=\"Amazon.com - Cold Spring Harbor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0012GMX6K\/?tag=timelpersu-20\" target=\"_self\"><em>Cold Spring Harbor<\/em><\/a>. It was a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joelfanmedia.com\/gallery\/data\/media\/9\/billy72-04-15t10.mp3\" target=\"_self\">live rendition of &#8220;Captain Jack&#8221;<\/a> that propelled him to a new record and subsequent superstardom.<\/li>\n<li>This chapter contains the most blatant, easy as pie easter egg of all.  Need help?  The lack of a 555 should tell you something&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>The questionnaire was inspired by the memory test given to airforce test pilots in the very first episode of <em>Quantum Leap<\/em>, and includes some of the same questions.<\/li>\n<li>The breakup scene was especially fun to write and is one of my favorite scenes in the book.  I still get a kick out of the Beatles lyric it contains every time I read it.  A lot of the lyrical allusions were added after the fact when I&#8217;d hear a line out of context and mentally tie it to an existing scene in the book, after which I&#8217;d find a place to massage it in.  I heard the Black Keys cover of <em>She Said, She Said<\/em> one day and immediately knew exactly where it belonged.<\/li>\n<li>I really wanted to end this chapter with a song lyric once the narrator left the room and was out of earshot, but I could not find one that fit.  Toyed with &#8220;we&#8217;ll meet again some day on the avenue,&#8221; but that was already half-used elsewhere.  So instead he precedes his exit with a snippet of Bob Mould&#8217;s &#8220;Can&#8217;t Fight It&#8221; from <em>No Alternative<\/em> and it goes right over the head of his ex.<\/li>\n<li>There are 32 known musical references in this chapter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Timely Persuasion - 18 And Life\" href=\"http:\/\/reader.timelypersuasion.com\/18.html\" target=\"_self\">Read Chapter Eighteen Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This chapter doesn&#8217;t have a whole lot of fun facts compared to the others. It mainly serves as a catch-up on what&#8217;s changed in the new present and bridges us to the beginning of the resolution. 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