Holding down the fort
Mon Mar 31, 2008 22:38 (UTC -5)You know how you loved making a fort out of your bed when you were a kid? And you know how you always talk about making another fort so you can relive the magic?
My roommate, Adam, has been talking about making a fort lately. Today, he decided to do something about it.
You can tell he put a lot of love into it. (Incidentally, he’s an engineering student.)
The entrance:
His mattress is inside, and there’s plenty of room for other stuff. He even put his TV in there, but the cables wouldn’t reach all the way.
First the pool party in the bathroom, now this. I love college.
You now know about my dream of appearing on Jeopardy!, but did you know I’ve always wanted to be on The Price Is Right? Yes, even though I’ve met Drew Carey, the host, it isn’t enough. The Independent Florida Alligator reports that a fellow UF student is living the dream. While she was on spring break in LA with her friends, they went to a taping of the show, and she got called down. Unfortunately, she’s not allowed to say how she did until the show airs tomorrow, but it’s an incentive to watch.
If you have a web site or anything of that nature, you have a lot of copyrighted material. Under US copyright law, no one can do anything with your copyrighted work until 70 years after your death. If you’d like to make a difference, consider becoming a public domain donor by allowing all your original copyrighted works to enter the public domain upon your death. Pretty clever.
From yet another one of those sites that does nothing but make lists of things for other blogs to link to, 25 of the Most Ridiculous (and Ineffective) Popular Diets. You’ve probably heard of some of them. (Instead, I recommend the simple, sustainable, common-sense No S Diet.)
A few years ago, some guy erased Garfield’s thought bubbles from Garfield and called it Arbuckle. He got a cease-and-desist and had to cease and desist. Now someone’s taking out Garfield entirely, leaving just Jon. It’s called Garfield Minus Garfield, and it’s quite a bit funnier (than both Arbuckle and Garfield).
1 comment
#1 by Adam: Mon Mar 31, 2008 23:12 (UTC -5)
Well… while I am still undecided whether the fort represents a culmination of about 6 hours of work (2 of which were sleep testing the prototype), I must say I am pleased with the result. I don’t know how comfortable it will be to sleep in, but hell, its a fort! They aren’t supposed to be comfortable, and there is always a price to pay for the security of a fortress (damn I wish the TV fit!).