My positive work ethic has finally driven me insane. I know the feeling, Sweetheart.
As crazy as our sales staff is, those women do know not to push it too far. No one wants me going full madboy when I have easy access to a full machine shop, several computers, a few lasers and that “Why do you have a catalog about bulk chemicals?” moment.
It’s amazing what kind of catalogs arrive for us in the mail. It only invites mayhem and rampage.
Apparently so! I haven’t seen a reference to Archimedes Plutonium and the Plutonium Atom Totality in decades. What ever happened to him? Is he online somewhere? Is he still on Usenet? Does Usenet still exist?
Google Groups seems to think he was still posting to the sci.* USENET groups in January of 2011. Unfortunately Google has broken the groups interface enough that I don’t see any easy way to see if there are more recent posts. I had a few arguments with him on sci.math, which is not something I recommend.
I think USENET was still something people did in the mid-to-late 90s so if Shaenon didn’t interact with Archimedes Plutonium directly then she could have run across the net.legends FAQ somewhere.
This is all gibberish to people who didn’t go to college in the 90s or earlier, right?
which rules out my “pre-recorded conversation”. Which is a good thing because now I don’t have to worry about people making over-used wibbly-wobbly time-wimey references. *thank god*
Sweetheart needs to keep in mind where she is — in a community of mad scientists and some of their sentient creations, located within a subway train that’s bigger on the inside than on the outside (complete with White Castle), (pseudo-)randomly traversing (at least) the Boston subway system. That she’s under observation and that someone is either playing with the words on the pages of a book or screwing with her perceptions of it should be the least of her worries.
I just don’t see how someone could get freaked over a book made with e-paper.
E-paper that can sense the reader and has a sense of humor, but e-paper nevertheless.
They’re an optional topping, though I really prefer smoked oysters for that ‘half-life on the halfshell’ flavor. Add a few Golden Flake Cheesepuffs as garnish, put on a lead-lined vest and you’ve got a taste sensation that you’ll still be licking your lips over a year later, should you live that long. 😀
Ingredients
2 pounds lean ground beef
1/2 large onion, diced
1 tablespoon crushed red pepper
3 tablespoons garlic powder
1 tablespoon seasoned pepper
2 (4 ounce) cans mushroom pieces, drained
1 (28 ounce) can baked beans
2 (15.25 ounce) cans kidney beans with liquid
2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
1/4 cup white sugar
3 carrots, sliced
3 stalks celery, sliced
1 green bell pepper, diced
1 red bell pepper, diced
2 jalapeno chile peppers, diced
1/4 cup Canadian beer
2 tablespoons crushed red pepper
hot sauce
1/4 cup barbeque sauce
Directions
1.In a large skillet over medium heat, brown ground beef together with onion, crushed red pepper, garlic powder, and seasoned pepper. Drain off the fat, and place the mixture into a slow cooker.
2.Stir mushrooms, baked beans, kidney beans with liquid, tomato paste, sugar, carrots, celery, peppers, beer, and barbeque sauce into the slow cooker. Season with hot sauce and more crushed red pepper.
I’ve always preferred Dr. Plutonium’s nuclear baking to his atomic cooking. Man-Portable Fusion Pie, mmm, delicious.
When his souffle’s rose, THEY ROSE! But you needed to be in the fallout shelter in case they fell…
Spinach and wild mushroom (cloud) souffle!
The Hawking radiation only heated the chili to lukewarm, at best.
He also made wicked atomic gumdrops. They kind of look like quark particles.
I found the lemon flavored to be charming but the cherry ones were strange.
And now matter how much you shook the box they came in, the root beer ones always wound up on the bottom, and the licorice ones on top.
It got worse with his string taffy. After three of those, I found myself in an entirely new dimension altogether.
That’s because they were superstring taffy. That’s what you get for not reading the labels!
That’s the beauty of it.
Myself, I always found that none of his recipes keep well.
It’s a problem. I made some of his Curium Hard Candy, and it was half-decayed within a month.
At least it’s not an Italian cookbook by H.B. Narbonic. Those thinks are wicked.
(TUNE: “Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show”, Neil Diamond)
Now … late at night,
I will get such a fright
From the words that they write
In this book …
De-mand to know
What the heck’s going on?
Ruby asks “What is wrong?”
Take a look!
Letters change into
Just a recipe!
Not so strange if you
Love insanity!
So come! Sample some
Of Doctor Plutonium’s
Chili today!
Injure your palate!
Atomic Totalit-y
Chili Supreme!
Making you scream!
Pain is extreme!
By the way, thanks for the custom filk the other day. Excellent as always 🙂
My positive work ethic has finally driven me insane. I know the feeling, Sweetheart.
As crazy as our sales staff is, those women do know not to push it too far. No one wants me going full madboy when I have easy access to a full machine shop, several computers, a few lasers and that “Why do you have a catalog about bulk chemicals?” moment.
It’s amazing what kind of catalogs arrive for us in the mail. It only invites mayhem and rampage.
Holy cow, an Archimedes Plutonium reference?
Apparently so! I haven’t seen a reference to Archimedes Plutonium and the Plutonium Atom Totality in decades. What ever happened to him? Is he online somewhere? Is he still on Usenet? Does Usenet still exist?
And how old could Garrity have been when Plutonium was active? Or has he remained active and I just don’t know about it?
Google Groups seems to think he was still posting to the sci.* USENET groups in January of 2011. Unfortunately Google has broken the groups interface enough that I don’t see any easy way to see if there are more recent posts. I had a few arguments with him on sci.math, which is not something I recommend.
I think USENET was still something people did in the mid-to-late 90s so if Shaenon didn’t interact with Archimedes Plutonium directly then she could have run across the net.legends FAQ somewhere.
This is all gibberish to people who didn’t go to college in the 90s or earlier, right?
Yup.
I wrote some of my first filks on the sci.space.* USENET groups back in the 90’s. “Rocket Scientist” fits the meter of “Animaniacs”.
I still miss Gharlane of Eddore’s postings in the rec.arts.sf hierarchy.
I went to college in the 90s or earlier, and it’s gibberish to me, too.
Eddurd: that was you? I was just lurking then, but I *loved* that one!
(I mean, I loved that Rocket Scientists filk, sorry for vagueness)
I’m glad to hear people are still enjoying my FAQ nearly 20 years later!
–Dave
I have faith that the twist here is NOT that they’re in a virtual reality, especially as they’ve already done that with Nick. 🙂
Not sure what it is, tho. Nanites? Hallucinogens? Mind-controlling cyberkittens?
The answer to your question is simple: SCIENCE!
No other explaination is needed or will probably be explained to your satisfaction.
Enjoy the ride.
Or ruby simply opened the book to a different page.
Sweetheart carefully marked the proper page with a thread of viscous drool.
Not to be confused with vicious drool. That stuff will eat through the hull.
which rules out my “pre-recorded conversation”. Which is a good thing because now I don’t have to worry about people making over-used wibbly-wobbly time-wimey references. *thank god*
Sweetheart needs to keep in mind where she is — in a community of mad scientists and some of their sentient creations, located within a subway train that’s bigger on the inside than on the outside (complete with White Castle), (pseudo-)randomly traversing (at least) the Boston subway system. That she’s under observation and that someone is either playing with the words on the pages of a book or screwing with her perceptions of it should be the least of her worries.
I just don’t see how someone could get freaked over a book made with e-paper.
E-paper that can sense the reader and has a sense of humor, but e-paper nevertheless.
So you’re saying they printed a book out of The Doctor’s psychic paper?
mnem
Or is that psychotic paper…
WHAT?!? NO ANCHOVIES? How can you make chili without anchovies?!?
mnem
I’ll be right over here, shuddering along with the ghost of Carrol Shelby…
They’re an optional topping, though I really prefer smoked oysters for that ‘half-life on the halfshell’ flavor. Add a few Golden Flake Cheesepuffs as garnish, put on a lead-lined vest and you’ve got a taste sensation that you’ll still be licking your lips over a year later, should you live that long. 😀
Atomic Canuck Chili
by Shorty345
tip o’ the hat to allrecipes.com
Ingredients
2 pounds lean ground beef
1/2 large onion, diced
1 tablespoon crushed red pepper
3 tablespoons garlic powder
1 tablespoon seasoned pepper
2 (4 ounce) cans mushroom pieces, drained
1 (28 ounce) can baked beans
2 (15.25 ounce) cans kidney beans with liquid
2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
1/4 cup white sugar
3 carrots, sliced
3 stalks celery, sliced
1 green bell pepper, diced
1 red bell pepper, diced
2 jalapeno chile peppers, diced
1/4 cup Canadian beer
2 tablespoons crushed red pepper
hot sauce
1/4 cup barbeque sauce
Directions
1.In a large skillet over medium heat, brown ground beef together with onion, crushed red pepper, garlic powder, and seasoned pepper. Drain off the fat, and place the mixture into a slow cooker.
2.Stir mushrooms, baked beans, kidney beans with liquid, tomato paste, sugar, carrots, celery, peppers, beer, and barbeque sauce into the slow cooker. Season with hot sauce and more crushed red pepper.
3.Cover, and cook on Low for 4 to 5 hours.
4. Add 1-3tsp plutonium, to taste.
Holy crap, a Ludwig Plutonium reference! Are Alexander Abian and Hannu also on board? I once mocked both of them in a single sci.physics post.
There are days I miss early ’90s Usenet sooo much.