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| Thursday, May 31st, 2012 | | 6:16 pm |
Benadryl
Uh oh, uh oh, hay fever! I cannot smell a thing. I am so allergic to microgametophytes. Ah-ah-ah "Gezundheit!" Are you making fun of me? Sorry, I am not amused. I'm kinda sneezy. Histamine's released by immunoglobulin E. So I need a tissue or a handkerchief, you see. I should've brought some pills with me. I knew that it was spring. And now my nose is running free. I'm kinda sneezy. Stop, pollen! Stop, pollen! I don't wanna sneeze any more. I left my medicine right by the front door. Stop, pollen! Stop, pollen! I don't wanna cough any more. I left my medicine right by the front door. Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-choo! Some Benadryl, I need. Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-choo! I'm sneezy. Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-choo! Some Benadryl, please! Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-choo! I could cry for a pill, and I probably will, But I'm not gonna reach my Benadryl. 'Cause I'm out of my drugs, and I'm thinking that sucks, And I'm not gonna reach my Benadryl! Current Mood:  lethargic | | Friday, October 14th, 2011 | | 7:06 pm |
More fun with acromancy
Can you identify this song about a southerner's cautious initial response? Wary S.C. "Mmm" Current Mood:  mischievous | | Wednesday, September 14th, 2011 | | 6:11 pm |
Simply Indivisible
Partition's impermissible. In fact, I find it risible. In unitary principle She's catholic, not episcopal. If she isn't a ten, she's more like a thirteen. Did a number on me, if you know what I mean. She used to look odd to me, but now I find her Simply indivisible. She's so prime, there's no factor but herself and one. Simply indivisible. She's so prime, passing cryptographers say "Whoa"... Current Mood:  happy | | Sunday, June 12th, 2011 | | 9:12 am |
Acromancy
We start with a song. In this case, "Run, Come, See Jerusalem" as performed by the group Clam Chowder. I happen to have this song on CD in my car, so it's been percolating through my subconscious. We next select a promising group of lyrics: "And Pretoria was out on the ocean, rockin' down on her beam in the sea" Reading off the first letter of each word, as in an acronym, we get: "AP WOOT OR DOH BITS" To my mind, "Ap: Woot or D'oh bits" suggests a smart phone application: Point your phone at a location's signage, and with a combination of image recognition and global positioning data, the application determines your location. You then press one of two large friendly buttons, depending on whether you find the location excellent (WOOT!) or unfortunate (D'OH!). A server squirrels away your preferences, and presents them to subsequent visitors. I don't happen to have a smart phone, but if someone hasn't invented this applicaton yet, we've predicted the future! If, as seems probable, someone has invented this already, at least we've demonstrated the proof of concept. Current Mood:  contemplative | | Sunday, October 3rd, 2010 | | 10:51 pm |
IFComp 2010
The games of the 16th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition have recently been released for your enjoyment and amusement at http://ifcomp.org. Authors are known to be a strange bunch, but they are usually pleased to receive feedback from the audience. Current Mood:  hyper | | Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 | | 9:21 pm |
Now with even more formlessness!
Well, it's been a couple years since my last Interactive Fiction, and it looks like I still had one more inside. I don't think I actually got any takers on my last call for Formless Void Testers, but it's really a very rewarding occupation: almost every goofy thing you try is more work for me, and you get to laugh at the uncut blooper reel. If the formlessness gag dissuades you, it's not really all that formless. You can play it all the way to the end if you wish. But I'm also interested in first impressions, and how well a player can do without any of the hints (which have not yet been written.) Current Mood:  hopeful | | Sunday, July 12th, 2009 | | 1:33 pm |
KOHUEPT
Last night at Nationals Park: 1. Elton John stomped off stage in the middle of a song because his sustain pedal was stuck. 2. Billy Joel crawled under said piano in an unsuccessful attempt to fix the problem. 3. Billy Joel played "Battle Hymn of the Republic". Hooray for technical difficulties. Current Mood:  tired | | Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 | | 7:30 pm |
| | Friday, February 27th, 2009 | | 5:59 pm |
| | Monday, July 14th, 2008 | | 8:08 pm |
Live Like You Were Brian
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fu Manchu And as I lay bleeding Doc was re-reading All those tests that implied that I was dying And he said "I've got good news; you're gonna live" So then I started crying. Current Mood:  quixotic | | Friday, February 29th, 2008 | | 6:19 pm |
| | Friday, November 16th, 2007 | | 8:28 pm |
Another IFComp is complete
"Orevore Courier" placed 8th out of 27, also earning a 3rd place "Miss Congeniality" nod in voting by the other authors. Another 6 years and 2 more entries should get me right up there at this rate, eh? A minimalist web page that includes the play-online option is up now at http://boutell.com/~rapp/if/ . Current Mood:  satisfied | | Saturday, November 10th, 2007 | | 10:22 am |
Star Trek Fan
Red shirt. Gold braid. No sweat; I know that I have got it made. Signed pics. Model ships. Memorized all of the scripts. Pickin' up love signs on my tricorder scan 'Cause every girl's crazy 'bout a Star Trek fan. Steel sash. Bumpy head. Got a bat'leth hangin' o'er my bed. No fear. No doubt. When I beam in I'm gonna knock you out. They're all fallin' for my Starfleet command 'Cause every girl's crazy 'bout a Star Trek fan. Pointy ears. Black wig. I don't worry I'm a little big. Time for... pon farr! Take a ride inside my shuttlecar. You know I boldly go like no other man 'Cause every girl's crazy 'bout a Star Trek fan. Current Mood:  flirty | | Monday, October 1st, 2007 | | 8:38 am |
| | Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 | | 7:57 pm |
Lost in Transit
The boy made a round-trip back to school instead of a one-way trip home from his first day at kindergarten because a bureaucratic snafu put him on the wrong bus. Current Mood:  uncomfortable | | Sunday, August 26th, 2007 | | 9:49 pm |
What comes before alpha testing?
Actually, the Work In Progress is ready to be aggressively mangled, if anyone feels up to that. "Of all the pleasures in life, I think I like nit-picking the best." Current Mood:  restless | | Thursday, December 21st, 2006 | | 7:39 pm |
Commission me!
I'd like to be creative and/or productive in the new year. It seems that my best work, such as it is, starts out with an inspirational challenge from someone else. So I'm looking for:
1: A sufficiently-constraining framework for my project
2: A convincing delusion that someone really wants to see the results of that project
Please reply with your ideas for a commissioned work. They don't even have to be good ideas; they just have to be better than:
1: A tedious and cumbersome simulation of sublight interstellar communication
2: An unauthorized biography of ronebofh
Frothy praise in anticipation of how much you'd enjoy the results of the project are a nice bonus. Results not guaranteed. Current Mood:  artistic | | Saturday, November 12th, 2005 | | 5:54 pm |
Goblet! Of! Fire!
I went to the Maryland premiere of the new Harry Potter movie at the Senator Theatre. I don't suppose that there's anything I can really spoil, but, um, neener! It was a good movie at a really nice theatre. I couldn't believe how many people were coming and going in the middle of it, though. The house manager warned about the black sites where people who pirate MPAA films are sent. Current Mood: satisfied | | Saturday, May 14th, 2005 | | 9:39 am |
Puzzling spam messages
FROM: TO: SUBJECT:
"Slay I. Cry" "Woolfson, Eric" "Spy on anyone, anywhere!"
"Spit W. Jaw" "McCoo, Marilyn" "Ambien, Lunesta 90% off!"
"Gas G. Cay" "Bachman, Randy" "Make $$$ without work!!!"
Current Mood:  dorky | | Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005 | | 7:23 pm |
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