Christmas Story 2025 Redirection of Greed by Robert Ford Download PDF December 24, 2024 Charles enjoyed working on a whiteboard. The equations were complicated, and he was often stumped, but it was a wonderful puzzle. This was his theoretical physics hobby work. Usually, he would keep the white board facing inward to his study wall so as not to be distracted. Tonight, with it feeling quiet, he had an hour to work on his favourite…
Christmas Story 2024The Christmas Ghost ConsultantBy Robert Ford Download the PDF December 23, 2024 Chantal entered her apartment and quickly popped the gun out of the secret compartment in the wall. She shot the intruder twice in the chest. He was sitting in her favourite chair. “Whoa, whoa, whoa! Nice shootin’, girl!” Did he just paraphrase Ghostbusters? “Ouch,” he said, “I didn’t even get a chance to say, ‘sorry for barging in like this’.” He…
Christmas Story 2023 The Ghost of Probabilities By Robert Ford Download the PDF December 23, 2023 – 6 PM The guy who said he was a ghost told me that you didn’t have to be actually dead for the job. Nearly dead would do. It’s not only that I was skeptical, but I also knew I was on hydromorphone and other drugs whose names ended in the syllable ‘doan’. “You have the ability,” I said,…
Christmas Story 2022Four Heads are Better than OneBy Robert Ford Download the PDF March 21, 2042Metro Toronto Convention Centre “It turns out that time travel is more of a math problem than an engineering challenge.” Johnson Telgrave, PhD, MS, BEngSpeaking at the 2042 IEEE International Physics Symposium December 24, 1978 (past his bedtime) John was a little kid when he first saw the 1951 film version of A Christmas Carol. Wouldn’t it be cool, he…
Christmas 2021 The Spectre, The Spook, The Scientist and The Storyteller By Robert Ford Download the PDF here December 21, 2021 I am dead. It’s a literal condition and I accept it. What I don’t accept is that I’m done here. My favourite place to hang out is the Vancouver Police Department headquarters on Cambie Street. There’s always intensity there. And so much to learn. Interrogations are the most interesting. Those suspected of crimes try…
After last week, I really need some Punisher and Wolverine Mutant Diet 2021 Week 2 Review There is of course no chart for this entry, which would have covered last week. This is because last week was a total bust. Situational stress. I really can say no more because of the need for privacy. Everyone involved is fine, but I have called for mental help. The stress of trying to figure out health and fitness…
I needed some Spider-man and Luke Cage Mutant Diet 2021 Week 1 Review OK. So. It’s week 2 and week 1 was a disaster. So bad I don’t want to document other than to say it was a disaster. On the good news front, I did stock up on the basics I need to make week 2 less of a disaster. I also managed to attend a yoga class (first since November). Holy crap my…
In honour of WW84. Some Vancouver Christmas lights Mutant Diet 2021 Edition I have few delusions about how hard it will be to improve my diet/fitness. When the pandemic hit, I had just deadlifted 255 pounds. My last entry was robertfordfiction.com/mutant-diet-phase-12-day-60/ I’ve not done a self-paced gym workout since. I’ve gained weight, managed some exercise (in the summer I cycled), and finished off a set of personal trainer sessions. I’ve also battled with and (more…
Christmas Story 2020Time Travel Tours Download the PDF Here by Robert Ford December 24, 2055Underground BunkerBoston, Massachusetts Isaac Czerniak, PhD Quantum Physics, greeted his next clients at the elevator. “That’s a heck of a long elevator ride,” said Mr. Jenkins, who, with his young female companion, stepped from the lift. “Our deep bunker,” said Isaac, “helps with security and shields our equipment from unwanted electromagnetism. Come this way and we’ll start preparations.” They proceeded down…
Batman and John Constantine in a jam. Ottawa has to keep the PM at home due to his wife being ill. Mutant Diet Phase 12 Day 60 I want to tell anyone who sees this that I love them. Unless you are anti-Semitic, anti-LGTBQ+, misogynistic, Islamophobic, or an aggressive driver, I pray for you. The only good thing I can report this week in diet/fitness is that my deadlift hit 255 pounds. That was Tuesday.…