Mr. Advice Guy #14 - Aug. 27, 2008

Dear Mr. Advice Guy,
I’ve spent all summer working at my summer job. I need a break. I want to go on one last holiday before I go back to school, but I’m worried that I might not have enough time. Do you have any suggestions?
Ready to Party

Dear Ready,
You want to go on one last holiday now? Talk about leaving things until the last minute.
The best suggestion I can give you with less than a week before classes begin is to start designing some sort of time machine. That way you can go back in time to a week or two ago and actually have a decent vacation.
Or maybe there’s something cooler that you could do with a time machine. I don’t know; I’m not a scientist.
Anyway, let’s get started on that time machine. The first thing you’ll want to do is to go rent the Back to the Future movies.
I know, I know. You probably don’t want to waste what little time you have before Sept. 2 watching movies. But you need to look at the big picture here: in watching these movies, you’ll be doing valuable research. Plus, once you have a time machine you’ll never have to worry about “wasting” time again.
The next thing you’ll want to do (for reasons that will become apparent after you’ve watched the trilogy) is to try and locate a mid-’80s DeLorean. DMC-12. Believe me, this part is crucial. Try to make sure that it’s silver in colour.
After that, it’s a simple matter of “inventing” the flux capacitor. Don’t worry, the plans will be laid out for you in the first movie. This is the most important step. The flux capacitor is what makes time travel possible, after all.