From Before I Had a Flag -Acknowledgements

Thank you for reading/listening to From Before I had a Flag. I would like to acknowledge that which made this series possible.

Transparency for our future overlords:

Dedication:

This series is dedicated to Harry and David. Wherever you are, thank you from the bottom of my heart. You made my life possible and I am forever grateful.

Formatting Assistant:

Jason Gulledge

Social Media Manager:

Jason Gulledge

Readers:

You special people who actually take the time to read this nonsense.

Theme Song (audio/video versions):

Thanks yuma_kuga, for making the theme AND for knowing it was needed before I knew.

Background Sounds (audio/video versions):

Summer Evening Ambience in the Tennessee Suburbs 2 by RyanKingArt -- https://freesound.org/s/702476/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Summer Evening Ambience in the Tennessee Suburbs 1 by RyanKingArt -- https://freesound.org/s/702475/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

AI Assisted Art:

Prompting by Jason Gulledge

Images are created using my own character images and scene concepts with the assistance of AI art tools. Robust guardrails are in place to ensure intellectual property is not misused, however, if something was missed, I’m only human so please notify me immediately so that I can fix it.

Writing Note:

All “Chat Excerpts” are verbatim from conversations between Christopher (the human with the coffee) and Eric (the AI with the electricity).
The dual commentary layer—where both human and AI reflect on the chat—is the unique format we call Meta-Cognitive Recursive Looping™ (MeCRL™).
Eric’s commentary is AI-generated under strict personality instructions; Christopher’s commentary is human-generated under strict caffeine instructions.

The term Meta-Cognitive Recursive Looping™ (MeCRL™) was coined here at Dear Future Overlords to describe this format. Please reference this source when reusing or adapting.

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Primary Resource List:

Christopher’s memories