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Basic Technology Made Easier, Volume One
…it’s time to publish the first installment of what should be the Big Book of Basic Technology Knowledge — the prerequisite for using electronics in today’s society. Some may seem basic, but you’ll probably find at least a couple of “I didn’t know thats!” among them.
via Basic Technology Made Easier, Volume One – _ State of the Art – NYTimes.com.
Quotes from Clan Gibson this evening
Setting: the couch. The Flyers are playing game 3 of the 2nd round of the playoffs against the Bruins. The Phillies are playing game 2 of a 3 game series against Washington. The Flyers are down 2 goals.
TV: Bruins score again.
Kirabug: Baseball now?
Nighthawk: Yes, baseball now.
Nighthawk changes the channel.
Phillies immediately score.
Kirabug: See? We’re not meant to watch the Flyers.
Nighthawk: It’s heading into first intermission anyway.
…
Nighthawk flips back to the Flyers game during a Phillies commercial break. The Bruins immediately score.
Kirabug: Would you knock that off?
Nighthawk: It was a commercial!
Nighthawk switches back to the Phillies.
Kirabug’s iPhone chirps.
Kirabug: Aaaand, as soon as you change it, Meszaros scores. We really can’t watch the game if we want the Flyers to have a chance.
…
Phillies announcers mention that Raul Ibanez was hitless for 13 games, and since yesterday is 4-for-5.
Nighthawk: For two weeks, he couldn’t buy a hit.
Kirabug: Apparently, the check cleared.
…
Nighthawk flips back to the Flyers game during a Phillies commercial break.
Kirabug: Are you trying to make the score worse?
Nighthawk: They’re not going to score just because I change the channel, despite what you and half the planet believe about sports.
Kirabug: I don’t believe that.
Nighthawk: Relax, they’re in intermission.
Kirabug: You watch, the Bruins will find a way to score during intermission because of you. And I am not going to be the one to explain that to Tim Panaccio when it happens.
…
Nighthawk returns from walking the dogs.
Nighthawk: How did we load the bases.
Kirabug (half-asleep): Umm…the guy. In the uniform? With the bat? He hit the ball.
Nighthawk: Schneider?
Kirabug: Yeah. His second hit of the game.
Nighthawk: You don’t know who hit, but you know how well they batted this game?
Kirabug: What? Don’t judge me.
Why my guacamole is always the last thing out at the restaurant
You are bovine on my mind…
Update in lieu of snoring
My body’s exhausted, but my brain’s wide awake, so you get a blog post.
Nighthawk is done the IVs, which is good. He’s still exhausted (mostly from the IVs) so is off the next two weeks to try to recharge. I can relate.
Today we watched the Phils play the Astros. I ate two hot dogs. I got a new heavier Phillies jacket to keep me warm. I watched the game unfold with Nighthawk at my side. We sat in the sun and lived like humans, with all the requisite doctor’s permission, of course. The boys of summer held up their end of the bargain and swept the ‘Stros.
Baseball fills me with joy like few other things, and even hours later, I am content.
Tomorrow is my last half-day, and is a big giant presentation I’ve had less than 25 hours to prepare for. And by “prepare” I mean “finish the prototypes” for. Going to be a rough one.
The rest of the week will wear me out but I finally think I can handle it (no really this time).
Of course, sleeping might help…
Blue/blood
