Chapter October 16th, 1977

I havemanaged to persuade my mother to invest my entire college funding reserve in afar more lucrative enterprise – property!

Yep, onceagain I have decided to delve into the fluctuating world of real estate.

Of course, aswas the case with the Ol’ Bradley Plot, foreknowledge has many great advantages– many dealing in financial gain.

The Ol’Bradley Plot business (Or, more importantly, the lack therefore!) may havecaused some terrible pain and anguish (Perhaps even death!) for my immediatefamily, but in the end it has managed to serve a useful purpose – I had noqualms about waving it under my mother’s nose in order to secure her approval.

Still, it hadtaken a lot of persuasion on my part to eventually get her onto the same tracksas me.

I am ashamedto say, that at times, our debating had become somewhat heated. I hope, andbelieve, she will forgive me for some of the things I said, especially whenher…our investment pays out in a couple of years.

We may have alittle bit longer to wait for payback time, but the gain we could have made onthe Ol’ Bradley Plot will be chickenfeed compared to this new deal.

In theinterim, on my excellent high school accomplishments, I’ve managed to secure ajob as a Junior Trainee Patent Examiner (Formerly a Patent Clerk.) in JerseyCity.

The work istwo-fold:

Firstly, Iexamine the blueprints/concepts of people's ideas/inventions to determinewhether or not they are feasible/possible.

If they passthe first examination, it is then important to determine whether or not anycribbing has been involved – and, if so, to what degree?

To do this Imust, secondly, check the records to ensure that no one else has already beengiven a patent for the same/similar idea/invention.

If theapplicant proves successful in both requirements, depending on the nature ofthe idea/invention, the possibility of some financial gain becomes a ratherpleasant prospect.

I have takenthe liberty of submitting a few of my own smallish ideas. Nothing too elaborateor revolutionary so as to draw attention to myself, but just enough to augmentmy present, not-so-wonderful, salary.

Even so, Ineed to be much more careful…much more patient…far less greedy!

Alreadymy…royalties have begun to eclipse my monthly paycheck!

Of course,this is not the first time in history that a brilliant mind has held the rankof a menial patent clerk. The genius, born towards the end of the last century;a man as fascinated at the concepts of Time and Space as I, also served in asimilar capacity in a patent office in Bern, Switzerland! – Makes one think,doesn’t it?

I made apoint of cleaning out my mattress before leaving home. I purchased a strongboxusing my very first royalty payouts.

My memoirs and keepsakes are now all safelystored in a small sturdy safe that I’ve bolted to the wall inside my built-incupboard.

Although Imiss my mother, one cannot describe the great pleasure of having the privacyand freedom that comes with renting your own apartment.

Sure it isn’tmuch to look at, but this is only a temporary arrangement until the dealfinally, and beautifully, sweetens up!

Once thathappens, my plans to reestablish Global will be within my grasp.

After that,there will be no more looking back – at least not until very far into thefuture when it becomes absolutely necessary to return to the past again.

Only, thistime round, we’ll perfect the Consciousness Projector in order to prevent thesame fault from reoccurring.

I haveabsolutely no desire to become a child for a third time. The second wasexcruciatingly frustrating enough!

Hmm, I wonderwhat my mother will do with her share of the, in her case, windfall?

She’s alwaysdreamed of a house with a view on the ocean.

Hell, she canbuy herself a couple of those!!!