Hit the Deck!

Today we're hear to talk about childhood memories. You know, those things that you make when you're not old enough to drive. Or the ones that you make when you haven't figured out that the world is a cruel, heartless place. Ok, I'm not hear to get in a philosophical debate with you about the memories that may or may not have caused you irreparable damage and forever ruined your chances at a normal life. I have one memory that I want to share right now.

It starts with collecting the right materials. First, you need a ceiling fan. You see, where I grew up, every room had one of these. Next, you need these little small action figure dudes known as "Z-Bots". They were small plastic robots that could move their arms (manually), and that's about it. Then you need some normal, ordinary scotch tape. Nothing special, nothing much, just those three things. Of course, it helps if you have a bunk bed that allows you easy access to the ceiling fan.

Once you have the items, you crawl up on your bunk bed (the top bed), reach up to the fan and tape the Z-Bots to the tops of the fan blades (one for each blade). Then you want to climb down from the bed and look around for some cover (pillows or something). The fun begins when you turn the fan on high power and run for cover. Why do I say run for cover? Because when the fan hits its stride, the plastic toys fly from the fan blades, and it's anyone's guess as to where they're going.

It brings me a lot of joy to remember those days of shooting Z-Bots off our fan with my brother. :)

~The Piebald Penguin

A Math Laugh

Math Laugh almost rhymes. Of course, if you consider that almost means it doesn't rhyme, then "back gorilla" almost rhymes too...

Anyways, here's a comic strip for everyone to enjoy.

From XKCD by Bill Amend