They've got Ron Burgundy and Austin Powers up front. What can go wrong? I saw Michael Sheen in the movie The Damn United where he played a Yorkshire soccer/football coach set in 1974. This was the best sports film I ever saw, also I believe the only sports film I ever saw. Mr. Sheen himself wanted to be a professional soccer player, but he injured himself.
You could watch "70s Football was INSANE!". Don Revie was part of the Damn United story.
COLOUR Dice is creeping forward. I have the cubes, I have the ink stamps. But that surface doesn't like ink.
The lady at Michaels suggested using fine sandpaper, which worked for her paint. But ink is not paint .. I looked around at glues, Tacky glue with a little sponge applicator.
This is all about giving the ink a surface to go on, with a white or clear look.
Everything would be sealed up nicely with a shape of scotch tape, plus nail polish.
I came home and saw Glue Stick. I'm kind of concerned getting a glop of glue over the size of the letter but not more than the the shape of scotch tape. There might be
masking. This is kind of like surgery.
I really enjoy making treasure hunts. I want to put them out there for people. In the right way, lots of buzz and preferably in a book. What should I do?
| 1. | Nothing |
| :-( Say goodbye to treasure hunts. | |
| 2. | Plan O. An initial signal flare/pilot project treasure hunt for Manitoba on a website. Flavour B. |
| :-) Useful signal flare/pilot project. No problem with flavour. Every aspect is doable. Except | |
| :-( Having trouble making it. It doesn't feel satisfying, pleasant, or complete. Not yet anyway. | |
| 3. | Plan O. Flavour A. |
| :-) I could plug in a slick, neat flavour A treasure hunt that is on the way to being ready. | |
| :-( The flavour problem. Also this one just works better in a book, pages. | |
| 4. | Treasure hunts just from me. |
| :-( Limited, more local audience. Financially nuts. Finite good material draining away. Limited type of material. | |
| :-) Getting my treasure hunts out to people is what I'm trying to do. | |
| 5. | Thesaurus Canada light. TC with training wheels. Some designers, some provinces. Likely self published. |
| :-) There wouldn't be a tense struggle to fulfill the criteria and get everything right. Grab a couple of guys and gals who want to do it. | |
| This could function as training wheels on the way to proper Thesaurus Canada, intended as a series. | |
| :-( This would mess with the brand. Those criteria (and a push for "diversity") exist for a reason. There would be fewer sales. | |
| If it's self published, getting money for treasure could get interesting. | |
| 6. | Thesaurus Canada, in a properly published book. |
| :-( It's ambitious. Challenging criteria. It's a safe bet it won't actually be successfully done. | |
| :-) With a treasure hunt book being very much national, that will lead to buzz, sales. Buyers will know there is treasure not too far. | |
| A team would be comforting. People could bring all kinds of things to the table. Here's one: promotion. |
I'm starting to look favourably on a crawl, then walk, then run model. That is Plan O, self-published TC with training wheels, then Thesaurus Canada.
What is the flavour problem? Treasure hunts are fun games where you try to get a treasure. But the location of the treasure is secret; you have to figure it out.
If I use flavour A for an early treasure hunt, people will associate that style with Manitoba, me, when it's used in Thesaurus Canada. We also want to avoid a situation where people won't buy books because there are
no active hunts in their province. Flavour A hunts could have other little issues too. See above.
Publishers, proper publishers vs. self publishing, is a separate topic.
Muttering to myself:
It might be best to ignore me.
Different types of treasure hunts are desired. For example ...., and obviously .... A long-winded narrative treasure hunt is special; it is not just desired but needed, even in a relaxed TC light. That's because it would fill out page count.
Headed to the treasure hunt child site:
If these conditions are not met, the project will not happen (well ... see the Book page).
This is ambitious and has the criteria to be followed. The first book in the series could be Thesaurus Canada light, TC with training wheels, with fun hunts but the criteria do not have to be followed.
Could be self published.
This would involve
| Hierarchy | Control. Single point of contact. |
| Co-operative team | People have their strengths, weaknesses, and areas of responsibility. |
| Decentralisation | You make the decisions and do the work for your treasure hunt. |
Mostly decentralisation.
I've been checking out publishing. Self publishing would have its ups and downs. One advantage of self publishing is you would have control over timing.
Self publishing is apparently good for niche books. A book series is especially good.
This self publishing business makes it feel more doable; it's a go.
Recent treasure hunts:
A peculiar treasure hunt that's been going on for a few years. It's in England and in France, in English and in French. The prize is valuable. As I have said, French treasure hunts involve
treasure that looks like treasure. I don't know who would work on this and solve it. But think about it from the designers' point of view. They probably pictured people in England and France
getting together to successfully solve this.
I had asked the fanciful question Where would you like to see a treasure hunt? Italy? New Zealand? The Caribbean?
I watched Disclosure Day, in the theatre. A married couple took me along. This was nice of them and it was a nice
experience. Mr. Spielberg is going to provide some entertainment. This is his latest run at extraterrestrial aliens on film. I didn't like the movie. But your attitude might depend on the way you view the world.
If you think there are aliens out there, flying around in their machines in our skies, we could have a conversation. If you think the U.S. government has material from
the alien machines, and alien bodies, I think you're wrong. Many people keeping the hottest secret ever for many decades - no. But
we could have a conversation.
After the movie the lady said "How could we do that to them?".
Let me introduce you to a magic song: Sit Down I Think I Love You.
The Mojo Men - Sit Down I Think I Love You
1967
I used to look forward to catching this on oldies radio. There is a variety of elements that come together to make this a nice song.
But it's also a magic song because others have covered it, and each version has qualities. The version from Australian band
The Executives / live,
has been slowly growing on me, with its relaxed, meowing sound. It is similar to The Mojo Men. The song was written by Steven Stills.
Here is the version from Buffalo Springfield. This is good, but (to my ears) is good in spots,
with its relaxing introduction and especially the guitar climax in the middle. And then there's the hard-charging version
from Growing Concern. For something entirely different, there is
the version from The Staccatos. Love that acoustic guitar etc. introduction.
Is this what they call baroque rock?
Canadian band The Staccatos became The Five Man Electrical Band ("Sign. Sign. Everywhere a sign.").
I've gained a reputation as someone who is from another age, at least regarding music. Not someone who grew up in a different age; it predates that.
I like '60s music.
(Some of those '60s tunes, good ones, actually date from the '30s. Winchester Cathedral, an odd but nice one, emulates the sound
of the 1930s, a specific singer.)
I like a loong list of '60s tunes. In addition, there is a tiny but growing number of '60s films I like or am curious about.
But I dispute the assertion that I am someone from another age.
includes some music that was actually in the film
"Are we there yet?"
Fictional band names:
Lisp Incorporated
and another one I forgot
Eddy and the Currents
Whatever shifts your bits.
This is what I want to do for Alouette. But what I should do is work on world building, science and technology.
These guys make it look so easy. Something you don't get from this still shot is the stars passing by, which must be a nice sight. Cosmic rays don't seem to be an issue.
People sit and stand. They're not in zero gravity. They have oxygen. They have a conversation, not an exchange of texts. They speak in American English.
Aliens are humanoid, really human, they typically speak in American English,
and they are comfortable in the ship's environment. They should get to the destination planet by Wednesday. There are planets with civilisations. There is a Federation that is a
stable institution based on Earth.
The biggest issues are space, time and communication. I don't think humans will ever get much of anywhere in space. What if you hit a little particle going a zillion miles an hour? How long will it take? Wouldn't that be boring? Do you understand how big a tiny fraction of the galaxy is?
Going faster than the speed of light is not possible.
Going very fast messes with time. (I never get this straight in my mind) When you accelerate in your rocket ship, people in the planet you left behind will age much faster than you. This has worldbuilding implications.
When you go to the planet Zoonx, do they have the same level of technology as other places?
Communication across the stars would not work. Electromagnetic radiation, e.g. radio, moves at the speed of light.
Emoji is a Japanese word. It's just a coincidence it sounds like emotion. Learn something new every day!
In the United States of America they use imperial measurements. In the United Kingdom they use metric.
Thesaurus Canada works in English and in French.
Right?
Did the U.S.S.R. wage war against Adolph Gitler?
The Russian pronunciation is indeed Geetler, as you can hear here.
Denys Davydov is Ukrainian, but his first language is Russian (ditto for Zelensky and Syrskyi).
Hungary, recently led by Orban, is now led by Peter Magyar.
Ukraine has a drone leader by the name of Magyar. He is referred to as Madyar ("Madyar's Birds").
Ethnic Hungarians are known as Magyar. Robert Brovdi, call sign Magyar, is a Ukrainian who is an ethnic Magyar.
Ukrainians Finally Correct My Terrible Pronunciation
Professor Gerdes and guests. Good channel.
Working on making Rainbow Words (see the Games page) phone friendly. I can make the button and its letters bigger. I can make the frame/table bigger. But I can't make the letters in it bigger. I can make the letters smaller, but not bigger.
Work on game pages!