Must-See Sites for the Serious Time Traveler

While surfing the nether regions of the internet, I came across two very interesting websites for those like myself who are obsessed with time travel. The first site I cannot take credit for discovering. It was first brought to my attention several months ago through the time travel group on Goodreads, and I only recently came upon it again. Known as the Online Time Travel Mart (http://826la.org/store/), this site offers up a variety of knick knacks and well as necessities for the wayward time traveler.

Need a centurion helmet for your trip to Rome in the first century BCE? They have one for the low, low price of $129.99 plus shipping. While you’re at it, grab a special calendar for just $14.99 that will find the day of the week for any date up to 50 years from now—a must for any serious time traveler. Other items include a "Time Travel Mart" tag for your luggage ($3.99), a solar energy kit to power your electronic devices in the past ($17.99), and a can of Mammoth Chunks in a tasty tomato base ($14.99).

But as we all know, time travel has not been invented… yet. No problem. At The Time Travel Fund (http://www.timetravelfund.com/) you can pay now for a trip to the future once time travel has become affordable enough for the average Joe Blow. Here’s how it works:

Your small fee of just $10 in "The Time Travel Fund" will be invested for 500 years.  You should know that a portion of your fee goes to cover overhead for maintaining the website, while the rest is invested with everyone else’s fees. So how much of your money is actually invested? Well even if it's just one dollar, your money will grow exponentially. Assuming a conservative return of five percent after taxes, your investment will grow to a little more than $39 billion in five centuries giving you enough money left over to live comfortably in the future for many years to come (according to the website).

But how do you get to the future? Well, in 500 years someone will travel back in time and retrieve all of the investors to bring them forward into a future when time travel is actually possible. To make it official, each investor receives a signed certificate on acid-free paper that is "suitable for framing." Just make sure you specify in your will that the trustees at "The Time Travel Fund" are notified about the date of your death so that the future trustees will know how far back they need to travel to find you still alive.

Don’t believe me? Check out this picture of those who have already invested, proudly displaying their official certificates. As crazy as this whole idea sounds, I'm actually thinking about sending in my $10. I mean, why not? Ten dollars is just pocket change which can buy me a chance (however slim) of jumping ahead to a future where time travel is possible. Who is with me?