StarFleet Carl: Blog

With all of their tracking technology - how the heck does Amazon lose a package? I didn't see anything in the news about a big truck crash between Dallas and Oklahoma City. Now, I hope they still have some of my size in stock - I have shorter feet, but very wide. I've had an orthopedic surgeon ask me how is it I don't fall over. (I'm 6'2", but I wear a 9 1/2 EEE.)

Oh, and Chapter 28 is being uploaded this morning. I was too pooped from work yesterday to remember to put it into the queue. I know there's an automatic system, but the two times I've tried to use it, either I screwed up or it did, and my posts didn't go up at all.

For what it's worth, there's a LOT of stuff happens in this chapter. For those of you who read this and have no idea who Delos David Harriman is ... your science fiction education is lacking. :)

Second quarter, not the second half ... uploaded a correction already, but I doubt it'll post before morning.

Only three more to go after this one, for Book One.

No worries about dust in this one. Unless you were a fan of the 1984 Kansas City Chiefs.

And this one ends in not much of a cliffhanger. Have a great Friday and Saturday - I'll be working 11 hours a day both of those days. I do appreciate all the emails and comments that you're sending me and I'm trying to respond to all of them.

I'm going to go ahead and send this up before I go to bed tonight (Monday). It may not post until Tuesday, but either way ... if you thought Chapter 25 brought the dust out, this one is even more appropriate for Memorial Day.

Regarding power ... I'm using the rule of thumb that 1 MW generated is enough for 600 - 700 homes. That's close enough for story purposes. The minor detail that Cal's turbines generate full power in as little as 5 mph wind - and there's ALWAYS at least a 5 mph wind in Oklahoma and Kansas - is the only real stretch on current technology that I've done.

I'm going to upload Chapter 25 tonight. It may not actually post until tomorrow, which is fine. I had no idea that Chapters 25 & 26 would end up bracketing Memorial Day here in the United States when I started posting this, I really wasn't paying attention to the calendar. Considering where the Messenger ... Cal ... ends up in these chapters, it's fitting that it does.

At the same time ... I've said this many times in emails. I wrote these chapters, and they both affect me emotionally - especially Chapter 26. I'm also one of those guys who at one time in his life gave Uncle Sam a blank check for up to and including my life if need be. These two are for the guys who had that check cashed.