Globetrotting

It really wasn't easy for me to figure out what to call Gematria's misuse of GPS coordinates. Several candidates came to mind, each with distinct advantages and disadvantages. I've finally settled on Globetrotting.




One choice of "GPS" has some further choices to make. The obvious downside to this is that if I retain the original initialism I would require further explanation on my use in the gematria context instead of the original version.


 I like the idea of something like, "Gematria Positioning Supposition". That does describe basically what is going on. However, as far as the definition of supposition goes it doesn't quite work. A supposition is a theory often without proof. There is some proof. It's just stretched.


One such stretch, and the first that brought this to my attention, is to use the "P" for Phoenix, Arizona. That's a record that I doubt will be topped. The original claim was that Phoenix was on the 33rd meridian. Officially Phoenix is listed as 33 degrees, 27 minutes. Or 33.45 as a decimal. Which puts it almost exactly as far away from a meridian as you can get, either 0.45 or 0.55 degrees away depending on direction.


Using "G" for geocaching comes to mind. They are playing games with map coordinates to make up a false point. There is some entertainment value to the exercise of geocachimg so this seems inappropriate since "fun" and "gematria" don't typically belong in the same sentence without a "not" thrown in there.


My acronym team doesn't like initialisms. They get paid for full blown acronyms. Last I knew they went out west to research on using GOOGLE as an acronym. With two G's to work with you can get global and Gematria into the acronym. The other letters were claimed to be a problem, especially the consecutive O's. The entire project became a moot point when they took a wrong turn, unable to find Phoenix, and ended up at a Yuma Indian reservation casino. Which I think was the plan all along. Based on Phoenix map coordinated their alibi is solid. And they are going to bring back some nice tapestries for the office.


The answer came to me as I reviewed Hubbard's poston the record breaking basketball shot. Guinness Record for highest shot ever made from a helicopter. Distracted by the G in Guinness I wasted some time on the GPS initialism. However, the helicopter shot was performed by a member of the Harlem Globetrotters. And Hubbard made a fuss about how he needed to check the cksims accuracy by reviewing the previous record.


"Check, check, check.", he said.




Like you ever took time for that before. Hottest temperature on Venus, arsenic in peaches, Confederate soldiers wearing butternut colored uniforms instead of gray, Pythagoras, on and on and on.... Your lack of fact checking makes Trump look golden in comparison.


So there you have it. Globetrotting it is.