Spontaneous Scholar: daquell

This optical illusion is very annoying. You see, squares A and B are both the exact same colour. My eyes won’t believe it, though I know it’s true. Take a look:

Most infuriating, to be sure.

We have some neighbours who really follow the maxim that a man’s home is his castle. They like shrubbery, so their lawn is almost completely eclipsed by bushes, shrubs, trees, and an enormous garden that spans the entire backyard. There are hidden lanes that maze backward through the lawn, hidden to all but those who know their location. Various insects and animals, particularly copperheads, also inhabit this man-made jungle. This picture was taken a few years back; by now, the place is completely overgrown.

Welllll… I got the opportunity to mow it yesterday. Okay, I was sort of coerced into it; needless to say, joy didn’t abundantly flow from myself. However, even though a machete would have been better than a push-mower, the job was quite fun. Except for when their gargantuine tomato plant monsters collapsed on me…

With tenacity only depicted of caged animals, the champion fought not only for his rights, but for the world itself! The END
(I took the Dazzle Player back today… no fights or anything.)

Thus concludes my exciting story. Well, sort of. I actually traded the thing in for another, similar product, so there might be a sequel of equal adrenaline rush.

The brave adventurer rolled his few options around in his head quickly. Time was running out, and if he didn’t come up with a solution, the project would fail miserably.
(I’m the adventurer; my goal is to convert my tapes to DVDs before the quality is too low.)

And then, the answer hit him like a load of bricks. Agilely, our protagonist sprang into action, setting his plan into motion like no other could.
(Well, I thought I found the solution: Dazzle Digital Video Creator 90. From the features it boasted, I was sure it would meet all of my editing needs and more.)

The plan failed miserably and our hero was forced to live the rest of his life in a cave with only a few mushrooms for friends.
(Dazzle doesn’t dazzle. The video quality is poor and choppy… that is, when I can get it to show video at all. Recently, all the MCI video capture devices want to do is reboot my machine.)

Tune in next time to hear the exiting sequel: Daquell Fights With The Store Manager Trying To Return His Dazzle Player!

Since school will be starting soon, I’m trying to compile a list of the ten most useful things one can do with a mechanical pencil. Thus far, I’ve only come up with four items on the list:

1. Write with it (*sigh*)
2. Use its spring as a cannon and shoot paper clips around
3. Pop balloons
4. Carry encoded documents inside the hollow cylinder

Does anybody have any other possible uses for this multi-talented object?

Have any of you ever studied the complex things one can do with Google? It can perform complex mathematical equations: (5 + (4 * (3^2))) - (32%). It can look up UPS, FedEx, and USPS tracking numbers: 1Z9r4v750104300102 (not a valid UPS number). Another favorite is its automatic stock symbol look up: GOOG - Google Stock. Of course, these are only a sampling of what Google’s search has to offer. And no, I don’t get a commission from Google to say this, either…

One last search I know some of you would like to try is Stow Declaration of Independence. Surprisingly, the first page that turns up is the Liberty Bell.