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Chat Lib #5: The 22nd Melody

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Chat Libs is a ‘Mad Libs’ based activity over on our Twitch live stream.  The audience suggests a scenario, I write a story template with missing words, and they fill in the holes.  Hilarity ensues.  If you wish to participate you can join us at twitch.tv/blainearcade

Scenario: Musical Documentary about Musicals

“We would sing about submarines all day and all night long. We sang around the camp solar flare in between bites of sea cucumber. My daughter had the most beautiful voice. She always starts with my macho verse:” Continue reading →

Singin’ in the Upper Paleolithic

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(estimated reading time: 24 minutes)

Singin’ in the Upper Paleolithic

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Blaine Arcade

Of the sixteen time machines in operation, only one played a video of someone tap-dancing. The machine itself wasn’t much to marvel at; in fact, it looked like a space heater from the 1970’s, just with a fancier coat of paint and 6,380 bundled wires snaking out of its base and entering all kinds of unusual places around the laboratory. Some went into sockets, some hugged the wall and left the room, and others rose into the air dangerously enough to get tagged with black and orange warning stickers. Continue reading →