Archive for June, 2005

They’ll Strangle Us in Our Sleep

June 24, 2005
By LHP

“Since then the robots have been getting gradually smaller, although Hatano points out that larger robots would be useful as security guards.” Our little ASIMO helpmates will be programmed to strangle us in our sleep when we are old, and frail, and have become too much of a burden on society.
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Shakey

June 17, 2005
By LHP

I suggest that the higher than average rainfall we experienced this winter is contributing to the higher than average quakiness we’re experiencing this spring. The ground is heavier. It’s also better lubricated. Slipperyier.
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Ick.

June 10, 2005
By LHP

If word about this spreads, I predict a cat holocaust. UPDATE: One implication of brain parasites controlling behavior: “Don’t drink the orange juice. It’s full of good little worker bee parasites.” Another: Our personalities result from complex interactions among the various brain parasites we have acquired over the years. “We need to starve the...
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My Life Passing Slowly Before My Eyes

June 9, 2005
By LHP

Last week, I was tipped off to theespressobar.org, an homage to the place in which I spent my early twenties. (Mouse around a bit to wade through the maps and discover the eBar within.) Twenty minutes ago I got an email from somebody I spent a lot of my teens with. He said he...
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Homesick, a Little

June 9, 2005
By LHP

Also, please do not bring any alcohol to the final.
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