A fatal exception…
Wed Jun 22, 2005 17:04 (UTC -5)This post has been prewritten so I can kind of relax while I’m on vacation. I will return on Saturday, June 25.
Last week my friend Kevin and his French foreign exchange buddy, Quentin, stopped by my house to borrow my bike (hey, I never use it). As I got the bike out and showed a confused Kevin how to use the brakes (“Pedal backwards, see?”), I couldn’t understand why Quentin was smirking so. Surely my street bike isn’t that wimpy compared to everyone else’s mountain bikes.
But I finally realized that he was laughing at my shirt — I was wearing the Blue Screen of Death t-shirt that I once briefly mentioned I’d buy. Not long after that February 2004 post, I received mine in the mail, and have worn it since. I get reactions whenever I wear it, and they are always strong. Most are of praise (I’ve heard the word “genius” from several Linux enthusiasts) and the remainder are of vast confusion.
Anyway, that a French kid finds my shirt funny shows that a hatred of Microsoft transcends national boundaries.
Speaking of transcending national boundaries, I’ve been finally been able to practice my meagre Esperanto knowledge with some people. One person lives near me. Besides learning Esperanto, he was born on July 13, is left-handed, and uses the Dvorak keyboard. It’s kind of like finding out you have an evil twin, except I’m not sure which one of us is evil.
Uncyclopedia is an encyclopedia of misinformation. Just like the (usually) factual Wikipedia (and running on the same software), you can edit any page whether you register or not. Don’t worry about your facts being incorrect. The more outrageous they are, the funnier. Just have a read if you don’t believe me. It’s weird. Very weird.
Filed under Computers, Esperanto, Friends, Language, Musings and Observations, Stuff, Weird
