Chapter 8e: Round
“Gordon?”
“Yeah, that’s me.”
“You’re next.”
Cue action/sports music.
Richard stared at the topics. Swallow, finch, jay…how the heck do I make a speech from that?…
“Have you ever found yourself totally lost for words?” Da Seul began, “It’s not a very pleasant feeling…”
“So today I’m going to talk about the ideas in simple children’s stories, specifically Hansel and Gretel, Peter Rabbit, and…um…Rainbow Fish.” Kushal tried not to sweat as he bluffed the name of a book he hadn’t read since second grade…
“…the Princess Camilla,” said Kel. Across the room, Lee gave a giggle. The judges seemed to…
iMac Troubles
Our iMac G5 has recently been freezing, seemingly at RAMdom but usually when a lot of applications are open. The weirdest thing is when we restart several times in a row, it freezes even before the OS is loaded (equivalent to BIOS stage on a PC). I can’t REMEMBER this happening before, and it’s making me BURN with anger.
Can you guess what my hypothesis is?
We tried taking out each of its memory sticks in turn, neither solving the problem. Apple Hardware Test turned up clean. But, it is a hot summer, and during each memory removal/addition, both the…
Chapter 8d: Flora
Note: You must read this out loud if at all possible; otherwise, read it with voices in your head. A British accent is not unwelcome here.
| FLORA | Then why, I say, has Christine not returned? |
| IVY | I think she said she really had to go... |
| PERSIA | Oh look, you guys, she's over there with Fritz. |
| FLORA | Then let's go meet her. Where to after that? |
| PERSIA | Oh, hi, Christine. |
| CHRISTINE | Oh hi, where were you guys? |
| FRITZ | Christine was just telling me 'bout her quest. |
| CHRISTINE | That's right and just before that he of his. |
| I think… |