{"id":659,"date":"2009-06-27T10:22:50","date_gmt":"2009-06-27T18:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/?p=659"},"modified":"2009-06-27T10:22:50","modified_gmt":"2009-06-27T18:22:50","slug":"ramblings-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/ramblings-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramblings III"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Whenever I (legally) drive through a yellow light it makes me think of <em>Back to the Future<\/em> and how difficult it would logistically be to time driving through a lightning strike with such precision.<\/li>\n<li>Read a cool short story called <a title=\"John August - &quot;The Variant&quot;\" href=\"http:\/\/johnaugust.com\/variant\" target=\"_self\">&#8220;The Variant&#8221;<\/a> by John August.\u00c2\u00a0 Well worth the 99 cent price tag.\u00c2\u00a0 And without giving too much away, it&#8217;s definitely on-topic for this blog.<\/li>\n<li>The Quantum Leap Fanfilm &#8220;A Leap to Di For&#8221; I referenced after the QL convention is now streaming online for free.\u00c2\u00a0 Check it out at <a title=\"A Leap to Di For\" href=\"http:\/\/www.racsofilms.com\/QL-agreement.htm\" target=\"_self\">Racso Films<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 (No full screen option on the site.\u00c2\u00a0 If you want full screen, try opening <a title=\"A Leap To Di For - FLV Link\" href=\"http:\/\/racsofilms.com\/media\/fanfilm\/QL-ALTDF-HIGH.flv\" target=\"_self\">this .FLV link<\/a> in a standalone player such as <a title=\"Free VLC Player\" href=\"http:\/\/www.videolan.org\/vlc\/\" target=\"_self\">VLC<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever I (legally) drive through a yellow light it makes me think of Back to the Future and how difficult it would logistically be to time driving through a lightning strike with such precision. Read a cool short story called &#8220;The Variant&#8221; by John August.\u00c2\u00a0 Well worth the 99 cent price tag.\u00c2\u00a0 And without giving&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29,4],"tags":[31,5],"class_list":["post-659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc-debris","category-time-travel","tag-back-to-the-future","tag-quantum-leap"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3pfx3-aD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":814,"url":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/ziggy-for-iphone\/","url_meta":{"origin":659,"position":0},"title":"Ziggy for iPhone","author":"LBDG","date":"November 28, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I knew it was only a matter of time. 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