Sunday, May 25, 2025

Truth! Justice! Freedom! Reasonably priced love! And a hard-boiled egg.

All the little angels rise up, rise up.
All the little angels rise up high!
How do they rise up, rise up, rise up?
How do they rise up, rise up high?
They rise heads up, heads up, heads up, they rise heads up, heads up high!

Terry Pratchett, Night Watch 

The 25th of May: Día del Orgullo Friki (Geek Pride Day), Towel Day, and, the anniversary of the Glorious Revolution of the 25th of May - may all the little angels rise up.

- Sid 

Thursday, April 17, 2025

"...if there is such a thing!"

On my last day at my job before starting retirement, my direct supervisor asked me if I had any parting words, specifically from my perspective as a science fiction fan. 

I instantly said, "Oh, Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - DON'T PANIC.  Best possible advice going forward."  

He chuckled and replied that he had been expecting "So long and thanks for all the fish" from the book of the same name, also by Douglas Adams - I agreed, also a good genre goodbye.

Hindsight being what it is, I woke up this morning and realized that I could have given him Agent Smith's classic speech from The Matrix:

I ... hate this place. This zoo. This prison. This reality, whatever you want to call it, I can't stand it any longer. It's the smell, if there is such a thing! I feel saturated by it. I can taste your stink and every time I do, I fear that I've somehow been infected by it. It's -- it's repulsive! Isn't it? I must get out of here. I must get free... 

On the other hand, perhaps not the ideal farewell - telling them not to panic was definitely a more diplomatic choice.

- Sid