Fingering the Culprit

I’ve just noticed that my keyboard is dirty. How’s that for a spectacular intro to a blog post?  Well, it isn’t (a spectacular intro, I mean. It is definitely a dirty keyboard — this wasn’t meant to be an existentialist post).  Anyway, as I was saying…my keyboard is dirty, which is nothing new.  What is new is the odd pattern.

I use one of these.  It’s a nice size for my hands, and the individual key mountings mean that it tends not to collect crumbs (a big problem with other keyboards I’ve owned). But what I noticed today is that there are two keys on the board that are visibly filthy… the P and the ‘ (I mean the single quote mark…the key one to the right of the semicolon). On the surface of each key is a perfectly round clean white space surrounded by a ring of brown…I believe the technical term is “gunk”.  This disturbs me. Read more “Fingering the Culprit” →

A Day That Will Live In Parody

40 years ago today occurred a very important event in my life. Yes, even though I wasn’t yet born, October 5 was a very important date: the birth of the comedy language that would enable me, years later, to communicate with geeks and humorists around the world.  Oh, and that still makes me laugh, years later, after many many viewings.

Happy Anniversary Monty Python, and thanks for all you’ve done for me 🙂

Celebrity Favourite Monty Python Moments: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8287931.stm