The Proposal

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 14:08:32 -0500

Back in the distant past (Fall 2007), I was a supplemental instructor (SI)¹ for Chemistry 475 (Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy). I was also far too cool for school and fancied myself an iconoclast, so when I had to go to a training for new SIs, I decided that it was pointless indoctrination and I shouldn’t have to take it seriously in any way²; I got some Dr Pepper and surreptitiously replaced ~20% of the volume with some sort of alcoholic liquid and tried to have fun.

The Briefcase

Sun, 27 Feb 2022 13:19:53 -0500

One of the funnier things to me is to come across some tableau that tells a strange and confusing story. For example, if I were to come across an expensive suit that had been modified to have 4 arms instead of 2, and in the pockets was a partially used gift card to a bait-and-tackle shop, I’d be tickled trying to imagine what led to this outcome. Is this a Halloween costume? If so, why use an expensive suit? Why would you be buying fishing equipment in your Halloween costume? Does this person have some sort of mechanical arms that they use when fishing, and for some reason they wanted to wear them with this particular expensive suit? And what caused them to abandon it, gift cards and all?

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