Time Travel Again

Went back into time to rewrite my last blog only to find that my rewrite came out exactly as I originally wrote it. Don't believe me? Then read it for yourself. I'll wait.

See?

As a result of my failed attempt to alter the past, I think for my short story, I will use the method described by a friend over at this forum over here: http://jarillion.myfreeforum.org/about22.html based on Minkowski's block universe.

Essentially, you can't effect the future by changing the past, to do so would in effect create the future you were attempting to change. I liken it to inescapable fate, which is a major theme in my story. I hate the idea of fate, but there is essentially no way to prove/disprove the concept. Sounds like a future blog topic. Hmmm.

As for the time machine, I'll gloss over it, as I don't think a full technical blueprint is relevant to the story. However, I'm going to lift an idea proposed by my Father-in-law awhile back (who is by my account, extraordinary smart). I think it will appear sound just long enough to get through the story without taking the reader out of it. It will certainly be better than a contraption built from a giant clock, a wooden chair and mandatory blinking lights'.