Wouldn't you know that one of the few times I settle down to write a BTTF story that has an overtly humorous subplot, I got stuck?  This is yet another case of "I don't know why."  To a degree, I'm sure it's because of that same lack of interest from the readers that I sensed when I was writing Circle of Fire, but I'm not entirely sure.  The date above is the year in which the story takes place in my version of the BTTF universe, about six months after the end of Losing Time and about a month before Marty McFly's 40th birthday.