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Old 04-17-2010, 09:21 AM   #1
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Zen is right. The MacGuffin is interchangeable, the whole story doesn't hinge on the specifics of the MacGuffin. If the Maltese Falcon had been a Dzi Bead from Ulan Bator it wouldn't have mattered to the story, but some kind of MacGuffin is needed to move things along.

Maybe it is the plot equivalent of fiber in your diet. Could be Metamucil, bran muffins or psyllium seeds.

For me, clearing the decks and coming about is a sailing reference but it means that I am purging a lot of material things from my past careers and hobbies and making preparations for a change in direction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_about

To be more accurate, my current maneuver is probably more akin to a jibe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jibe

If it weren't a big change it wold be some other chaos creating event. I seem to exist in a perpetual state of chaos and I am now trying to remove the chaos from my life.
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Old 04-17-2010, 10:03 AM   #2
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Zen is right. The MacGuffin is interchangeable, the whole story doesn't hinge on the specifics of the MacGuffin. If the Maltese Falcon had been a Dzi Bead from Ulan Bator it wouldn't have mattered to the story, but some kind of MacGuffin is needed to move things along.

Maybe it is the plot equivalent of fiber in your diet. Could be Metamucil, bran muffins or psyllium seeds.

For me, clearing the decks and coming about is a sailing reference but it means that I am purging a lot of material things from my past careers and hobbies and making preparations for a change in direction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_about

To be more accurate, my current maneuver is probably more akin to a jibe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jibe

If it weren't a big change it wold be some other chaos creating event. I seem to exist in a perpetual state of chaos and I am now trying to remove the chaos from my life.
Kids. They are the ultimate MacGuffin. They are the Maltese Falcon in my life.

Don't play it again Sam.
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Old 04-17-2010, 10:52 AM   #3
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Kids. They are the ultimate MacGuffin. They are the Maltese Falcon in my life.

Don't play it again Sam.
What? Why not? I was really getting the hang of it, too. /goes off and pouts/
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