I am adding information to my Livejournal. It is about scavenging.

One day a short time I went scavenging around the Fort. I found many wonderful items. Here is a list of them.

• A mangled toy elephant.


• An IBM computer case. Complete with motherboard. And power supply. Nothing else.


• An elderly man who had misplaced something very important on the top of his car it would seem. He was examining it precisely. I did not get to take this home. A pity.


• A brand new battery in working condition.


• A quarter. Quarters are the best.

I came home with the small items stashed inside of the computer case. My mother took a dim view of this.

"Why do you bring this here," she said.

"I am going to use it at some point I expect because by God I am Rube Goldberg," I said.

My mother is not stupid. She immediately recognized me as Suuji Tanaka to the exclusion of Rube Goldberg. I can not believe I thought my little ruse would work.

My mother chose not to pursue the matter further because she knows that I am a deeply silly person. I took the items to my room and used them to decorate a bench. The bench is convinced it is a night-stand, so this is OK.

I was still in the mood for Activities so I decided to check the mail. Consideration revealed to me that checking the mail is not an Activity, rather it is an hnnnnm. activity., so I had to think of a way to make it interesting.

The result of the two minutes of research and development is a fabulous new kind of checking the mail. I will reveal it here because I trust my friends to respect my intellectual property.

Here it is.

It is like checking the mail, with the exception:

You wear sunglasses and you attempt to bounce an ice cube down the street. When that does not work you -- this part is inspired by Tony's effective method for dealing with problems -- make up a small tune about bouncing ice. As in ice of a bouncing-inclined variety.

I had a good day and I reccommend the technique to all persons over the age of fifteen.

If you do not want to read this, then that is fine and I am not offended.