Hello, I'm T-Mach, Superhero.

If I were a superhero, my super power would be the ability to travel in time. And my superhero name would be T-Mach (pronounced "Tee-Mock". It's a derivative of Time Machine, get it?).

Then, every time I screwed up or wanted to "undo", I could just go back in time and "fix" it.

So, like that time when a bronze elephant statue fell out of the sky and smashed our local wealthy chip clip magnate into a greasy spot on the downtown sidewalk, I would simply travel back to about ten minutes before the greasy spot formed. I'd keep an eye on the sky and when I saw a speck of a trunked shiny metal mass growing bigger and bigger, I'd find the target and pull him out of the way, saving his life and becoming a big hero. I'd be so famous and every time a camera bulb flashed or a microphone was shoved into my face, I'd smile, hold up a little nanny goats in panties (oh, I'd have also gone back in time and bought a real live baby goat and put little panties on it and taken it downtown so that it would be at arm's length should the opportunity arise) and promote my little blog. Next thing you know, NGIP would be The Little Blog That Could.

Or, I would buy a newspaper and check the Lotto numbers and then I would go back two days in time and buy a ticket with the winning numbers. I would do this every time I needed some cash because, you know, 4.3 million dollars before taxes just doesn't go far these days. Also? You can never have enough money. No matter how rich or how poor you are, you always want more. It's human nature. We are greedy bastards. And if we have the misfortune to win the lottery, and get accosted by every distant cousin and charity case, and get guilted into giving them all of our money, then it's back to Joe's Bait Shop and Pancake House for another Lotto ticket.

I would also re-live every unfortunate conversation I've ever had where I wished I'd said something else. In fact, if there was just a global FIND and REPLACE feature to this time travel thing, I would do a search on every occurance of "Oh, yeah?" and replace it with "Oh yeah, Fartface?"

With great power comes great responsibility, and as you can see, I would only use my power for good things. Good things for me, anyway. Like getting lots o' wads o' dough.

Now I just need a trusty sidekick. 

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This post is part of the Writer's Workshop hosted by Mama's Losin' It, which in turn is part of Moxie Media's Around the Blogosphere in 5 Days campaign. The campaign is intended to introduce the new media powerhouse called Moxie Media, of which I am a member.








Thanks to Lisa at Pink Porches for totally blogging about her new NGIP pens. And just look at her banner:

How cute is that?

Also? A big THANK YOU to A Tired Wife for throwing NGIP a shout out about her new pens too!