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> work on dissertation
You go to the batting cages with a friend. You hit well until the gods punish your impertinence with thunder and heavy rain.
> in southern california?
I don't understand that.
> no shit
I don't understand that.
> work on dissertation
You spend six solid hours slaving away at your dissertation. You have written three quality pages. Were your back not permanently hunched by your labors you would pat yourself on it.
> do something
I don't understand that.
> do something not dissertation related
I don't understand that.
> do ANYTHING not dissertation related
I don't understand that.
> write funny blog
You write and delete one lame post.
> write FUNNY blog
You will never match the heights you unwittingly climbed on Wednesday.
> WRITE FUNNY BLOG
You write and delete another lame post. You do what you can and write a funny COMMENT. There is a pile of dirty dishes in the kitchen.
> write funny BLOG
There is a pile of dirty dishes in the kitchen.
> WRITE FUNNY BLOG
THERE IS A PILE OF DIRTY DISHES IN THE KITCHEN.
> order cat to clean dishes
Your cat cocks its head quizzically and looks at you.
> request cat clean dishes
Your cat cocks its head quizzically and looks at you.
> write funny blog then
The novelty of your original post wears thin. Your readers decide to frequent other blogs instead. No one reads you anymore and you are alone. There is a pile of dirty dishes in the kitchen.
> plead with ca
YOUR CAT WILL NOT DO THEM. YOU WILL NOT WRITE FUNNY BLOG TONIGHT. DO NOT COMPEL ME TO PUT AN ELVISH SWORD OF GREAT ANTIQUITY BEFORE YOU. YOU WILL REGRET IT.
Be careful -- you're probably going to get a "cease and desist" from the Zork people if you keep this up.
Posted by: Adam Kotsko | Saturday, 15 April 2006 at 09:40 AM
Or an invitation to work for 'em! I seem to have a gift for this, which is good. I need something to fall back on if this whole academic thing doesn't work out, and what could be more bleeding edge than a job in the computer gaming industry?
Posted by: Scott Eric Kaufman | Saturday, 15 April 2006 at 02:03 PM
Hey I'm still laughing.
*G*
Posted by: History Geek | Tuesday, 18 April 2006 at 05:19 PM