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2010-03-15 15:59:56

Time Travel

Most of us are familiar with "the butterfly effect," which the intrepid Wikipedia does an exemplary job of describing as: "a metaphor that encapsulates the concept of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory; namely that small differences in the initial condition of a dynamical system may produce large variations in the long term behavior of the system." The layperson's description may be closer to: the fluttering of a butterfly's wings in South America can impact the atmospheric events around the world. There are plenty of examples of the butterfly effect in physics, but we are more familiar with the use of the butterfly effect as a device in fiction. Popular movies like It's a Wonderful Life, Brazil, and Run, Lola, Run use the metaphor to show the fragility of our reality, the importance or perhaps the lack of importance of our anguished-over or even frivolous choices. TV shows like the Simpsons use the device for humor and hidden meaning. Books about time travel tackle the idea of changing the future by going back to the past.

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Annointed, inBubbleMe

Thank you to everyone who made a suggestion or put in a vote about my new inBubbleMoniker. Between the finalists, inBubbleMe and inBubbleSal, inBubbleMe won the contest going away. So thus, I am inBubbleMe, which I quite like.

Several of you asked to see some of the other original suggestions for my inBubbleMoniker, so here are the highlights. I must say that I felt quite charmed and flattered during this process, though my pragmatic side ultimately won out over my vanity.

inBubbleBabe
inBubbleChick
inBubbleBelle
inBubbleGuru
BubbleGirl
inBubbleBoss
inBubbleBeauty
InBubbleGirly
InBubbleDiva
inBubbleFriend
InBubbleBath
InBubbleTrouble
InBubbleB*tch
Inbubbleinfant
InBubbleMama
inBubbleBubbie
MissInBubble
SubtleInBubble
inBubbleness
inBubbletress
MistressInBubble
InBubblicious
InBubbleBella
InBubbleBoss
InBubbleBarker
InBubbleBibleophile
InBubbleBaroness
InBubbleChick
inBubbleStang
inBubbleBabbler
inBubbleWriter
InBubbleMuse
inBubbleGoddess
BubbleMomma
inBubbleLady
inBubbleLass
inBubbleBrain
inBubbleLeader
inBubbleEditor
InBubbleMarm
inBubbleKvinne

Thank you again for your cleverness,
inBubbleMe

 

What's in a name?

What's in a name? That which we call an inBubble
By any other name would smell as sweet.

I am happy to report a winner to my request to help me pick my inBubbleMoniker! Well, kind of. Ava Edlin submitted two names which I equally love: inBubbleSal, which is a clever take combining my name with the obvious extension off of inBubble Guy, inBubbleGal. She also suggested inBubbleMe, which appeals because a double entendre that refers both to me, the writer, and to you, the person who wants to be 'inBubbled' (kind of like "Hit me" in a card game.)

So, our award package will go out to Ava, but I still need some more help. The questions for this week's include the opportunity for you to weigh in on those two options for my inBubbleMoniker. Which will it be? inBubbleSal or inBubbleMe?

Thanks as always for your attention,
Sally (inBubble?)

 

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