Isher Artifacts!

Long ago I bought some cool stuff from some merchants at Arisia. They had a cool name, too: The Weapon Shops of Isher (from the A.E. Van Vogt books).

I picked up a cool little LED gun, and a beautiful magic wand. I splurged and bought an extra screw-on head for the wand, a very pretty crystal one. The wand itself was brass, I think, with a narrow plastic band separating two screw-together sections; to make it light up, all I had to do was bridge the gap with a finger. Fun.

The wand and gun are somewhere, I'm sure, but I don't know exactly where. Probably in one of my storage boxes. They're definitely not lost. But the best thing I bought was the Annoyatron.

It's a shiny metal tube with four clear plastic-covered ports. When it's turned on, it makes a beeping noise. And that noise varies in pitch and speed depending on how much light gets in those ports.

Sebastian loves it. I'm amazed that Teri hasn't thrown it out yet.

The Isher people used to be a regular feature at Arisia, but one year they failed to show up. They never came back again. I assumed that they'd gone under.

Just ten minutes ago, I found out that I was wrong; they're doing business as Isher Artifacts. Maybe they always used that name, and I've just been searching for the wrong one (although they definitely haven't been at Arisia under any name for close to a decade).

In any case, they're they're still selling the Annoyatron - as well as some gorgeous new stuff.

Damn. I wish I had money. My old Annoyatron is starting to sound a bit feeble.

Isher Artifacts!

Long ago I bought some cool stuff from some merchants at Arisia. They had a cool name, too: The Weapon Shops of Isher (from the A.E. Van Vogt books).

I picked up a cool little LED gun, and a beautiful magic wand. I splurged and bought an extra screw-on head for the wand, a very pretty crystal one. The wand itself was brass, I think, with a narrow plastic band separating two screw-together sections; to make it light up, all I had to do was bridge the gap with a finger. Fun.

The wand and gun are somewhere, I'm sure, but I don't know exactly where. Probably in one of my storage boxes. They're definitely not lost. But the best thing I bought was the Annoyatron.

It's a shiny metal tube with four clear plastic-covered ports. When it's turned on, it makes a beeping noise. And that noise varies in pitch and speed depending on how much light gets in those ports.

Sebastian loves it. I'm amazed that Teri hasn't thrown it out yet.

The Isher people used to be a regular feature at Arisia, but one year they failed to show up. They never came back again. I assumed that they'd gone under.

Just ten minutes ago, I found out that I was wrong; they're doing business as Isher Artifacts. Maybe they always used that name, and I've just been searching for the wrong one (although they definitely haven't been at Arisia under any name for close to a decade).

In any case, they're they're still selling the Annoyatron - as well as some gorgeous new stuff.

Damn. I wish I had money. My old Annoyatron is starting to sound a bit feeble.

My Struggle

My brain is in a very weird place.

Yesterday I started the small-healthy-meals-every-three-hours thing (okay, diet). That means I'm eating about half a cup of high-protein, low-fat, high-fiber Kashi cereal with skim milk at 6:30 AM, 9:30 AM, 12:30 PM, and 3:30 PM. Once in a while I spice things up by having an apple instead, or natural applesauce, or carrots.

And I'm trying to get back into working out.

It's so hard. So I thought I might as well make a post about it. And when I tried to come up with a title, all I could come up with was "My Struggle".

And then I really had to struggle, to stop myself from making the title "Mein Kampf". I don't know why, but the thought of Hitler writing a diet book really amuses me.

But I managed to resist temptation. And if I can keep up with this diet and workout program, that will truly be a triumph of the will.

My Struggle

My brain is in a very weird place.

Yesterday I started the small-healthy-meals-every-three-hours thing (okay, diet). That means I'm eating about half a cup of high-protein, low-fat, high-fiber Kashi cereal with skim milk at 6:30 AM, 9:30 AM, 12:30 PM, and 3:30 PM. Once in a while I spice things up by having an apple instead, or natural applesauce, or carrots.

And I'm trying to get back into working out.

It's so hard. So I thought I might as well make a post about it. And when I tried to come up with a title, all I could come up with was "My Struggle".

And then I really had to struggle, to stop myself from making the title "Mein Kampf". I don't know why, but the thought of Hitler writing a diet book really amuses me.

But I managed to resist temptation. And if I can keep up with this diet and workout program, that will truly be a triumph of the will.