Yes, document holders. Those rectangles of plastic suspended over one's desk on a bendy arm that are supposed to assist you as you type by, well, holding documents. But it seems they are cunningly designed to frustrate, annoy and even injure, without at any time providing any sort of physical support for paper items. I did think their sole purpose was to periodically tip your work onto the floor, but the reality is much more sinister. You only have to attempt to move them slightly, and they will bomb your foot with a block of lead heavy enough to secure an aircraft carrier (but strangely unable to stop a weightless piece of plastic from tipping over on your desk). As if to reinforce the maleficence, you notice a tiny legend embossed on the base as you pick it up, taunting you with the words "Warning! Base is heavy".
I make no further comment. Alles ist schlecht.
Showing posts with label failure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label failure. Show all posts
Thursday, 26 July 2007
Monday, 23 July 2007
As Expected
My first failure came when I failed to create the promised Grandfather Paradox post immediately. My second was when I totally forgot my login details as I tried to create this post. My third is happening now, as I have lost interest in explaining the paradox, so I'm not going to bother. Check out the comprehensive Wikipedia entry if you're interested. Chaos, chaos, all is chaos! Fabulous.
I do actually have something to say today, but I'm going to create another post under an appropriate title - or will this be my fourth failure?
I do actually have something to say today, but I'm going to create another post under an appropriate title - or will this be my fourth failure?
Thursday, 19 July 2007
Another chance to fail
Ah yes, another blog, another chance to forget, or indeed, not bother, to update my burblings.
...in fact, I can hardly be bothered to write anything in the first place. I'll just hop and skip over to the second place straightaway, and tell you why the so-called Grandfather Paradox is in reality, no paradox at all. See the next post! How exciting.
By the way, in case you were wondering, the blog title is a reference to a quote from Richard Dawkins: "Life results from the non-random survival of randomly varying replicators". This is a sentiment with which I wholeheartedly concur. I also wear socks.
...in fact, I can hardly be bothered to write anything in the first place. I'll just hop and skip over to the second place straightaway, and tell you why the so-called Grandfather Paradox is in reality, no paradox at all. See the next post! How exciting.
By the way, in case you were wondering, the blog title is a reference to a quote from Richard Dawkins: "Life results from the non-random survival of randomly varying replicators". This is a sentiment with which I wholeheartedly concur. I also wear socks.
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