Countdown

It's never too early to start planning. We are now only one hundred posts away from a thousand Quirky Muffins, at which point the universe will end and the world as we know it will convert into rice pudding. Hmmm... rice pudding... what a distracting thought. What could the thousandth post possibly be that would prove fitting? How about something utterly banal and silly or extemporised? That's a good plan. Let's stick to that. It's worked nine hundred times so far.

One hundred posts will take a while to fill, so we will have a large number of words to write, hopefully in the correct order and making some sense. It's not hard to do, but it is hard to contemplate the final result. The joined-up version of 'Oneiromancy' was a beast to check and lightly edit, and that was only the equivalent of thirty or so parts! As with all grand projects, you take each day as it comes, and write what comes to mind.

It occurs to this writer that there is a massive amount of repetition in the blog by now, which is inevitable. Some of the rambling ideas have probably been imagined several times over, and the existing pile of posts is so vast that we would never be able to check through it all. Yes, tags would have been a good idea, nine hundred posts ago. The 'Chatter' links serve as a rudimentary replacement, indexing as they do all the reviews and story episodes posted to date. It's true that tangential and minor references won't be in there, but there's no going back and fixing things now!

As an example, this reference to the 'Magnum, PI' episode 'Home From The Sea' won't make it onto the 'Television Chatter' index, as I'm simply going to state that it's a very good example of the show. 'Magnum PI' helped me get through writing my doctoral thesis, and a rewatch is very much in order, so anticipate a lot more on the subject as time winds on. It actually is one of the best series ever made, despite it being so manly! Yes, more 'Magnum PI', more of the stories, despite their debateable qualities, and a lot more on books as the habit becomes more ingrained. In fact, another 'On The Book Piles' must be imminent, as there have been many changes since the last post. We might even get to talking about board games. What a turnabout that would be!

For now, though, we close another post, and wonder what the world will deliver next. Hopefully, it won't involve sharks, a giant marshmallow man, or a trip to an antimatter universe.

O.