A tragic setback

Day 12: I believe it was Cicero who once declared, Ita erat quando hic adveni. And I could say that again here, wholeheartedly, albeit with my fingers crossed behind my back.

Yesterday, on my twelfth day without television, Data and Geordi finished converting my microwave into a holodeck. The results were amazing: there, inside the microwave, rotated a fully three-dimensional cup of instant noodles.

The celebrations were short-lived, however: tragically, as Geordi was attempting to interact with the cup simulation, his head burst into flames. Data’s tricorder revealed that the holographic emitters were generating massive amounts of microwave radiation.

Specifically, what Data said was, “Curious. It appears that— AAAAA!! Turn it off!! Turn it—” And then he exploded in a shower of sparks.

Funeral services for Geordi and Data will be held this afternoon at the dumpster in the alley. Be it known that they lost their socks in the line of duty.

I wonder what the Buffy-sock is up to these days? Maybe I’ll give her a call.

Disclaimer: This does not mean that I’m blogging again. I just had this one more thing to say. :)

So long…

…and thanks for all the fish.

I’ve been at this weblog since July, and I’ve had fun with it, but now I’m calling it quits. I ran out of words.

If you have been reading regularly, thanks for taking part and leaving comments! You’ll be sure to see me pop up in the comments on other people’s blogs, too.

And now I’m off to rejoin my adoptive family of penguins.

Cheerio and toodle-pip!

– S.

Ice cube stalagmites

Have you noticed these things growing in your freezer? Otherwise normal ice cubes seem to grow these inch-long spikes that come out at weird angles. It must be the freezer poltergeist. Maybe, a long time ago, someone had a tragic accident involving ice cubes, and now spends eternity haunting my freezer.

I’ll take a picture if it happens again.

Recovering from TV addiction (continued)

Day 8: At a time like this, I am reminded of the ancient Roman proverb, Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.

My technique of looking through the cardboard surrogate TV seems to be working just fine. I even simplified things by wearing the TV on my head and looking out through the screen-hole. Now everything is on TV!

So now I’m making my own TV adaptation of The Two Towers. I wear the TV on my head and read the paperback. It’s very low-budget, but the production quality is incredible. It looks just the way I imagined it.

Amazon.com

Out of curiosity, I did a search at Amazon for my name. It worked!

For quite a while, the book‘s listed authors were Mario and Giulio Ferrari, who were actually the technical reviewers.

Yes, that’s definitely a much-needed ego boost. :)