Gosh! I was reading this when I suddenly got the feeling that I'd read it before!

Not all companies are as jolly. When I was a junior programmer at a ------ manufacturer in Toronto, in 1972, I accidentally cancelled a job running overlong, thus damaging the program library. Dumb stuff from the dumb guy. No forgiveness. Out on the street the same day.

next is the logic addition that puts the canoe in the waterfall, and Smokey the Bear at the bottom, watching.

Oh, I'd love to see twenty-five more of these! It's not too late, Sir Patrick....

So where is the ladder while you're all inside there? And what happens when I have to get up at 4 a.m. for a wizz?

Very difficult to learn/practice that. Excellently done!

My first thought is whether it can still work its magic with smog, dust particles, bird dirt, all layered on the surface. Or are we going to have to wash our houses, instead of letting Mother Nature do it?

The one on bicycles is dead-on true.

Wonderful sculpture - but why is it in that place? A shaded park would seem more appropriate.

Parallel to last years' article about old lamps turned into musical instruments.

Link in progress on birth control, voluntary sterilization, and anything short of war that'll reduce the number of humans in this test-tube.

And now you've told everybody about it, the American tourists will be picking up the little souvenirs.

Looked like he was angling to get a bite of that tasty-looking tongue. Now, that would have been worth watching!

Not tall enough for Gandalf to stand. Learn from Hobbiton.

I/We love Alton Brown. Live, love, learn. And enjoy all three!