I've always wanted to be a part of that.

When in a crowd full of people I suspect I'm about to hate (read: at any point in my life) I get resentful of them having more control than I do.

Someone just set off a cap in the next cube over. The cube's resident is rightly pissed, since it was in her ear.

Me?

I have a headache.

I'm currently fascinated by Arduino. Not sure yet if I'm fascinated enough to spend money, though.

Yanno the gaming reminds me of a story Bob told me this weekend after we went to the movies. His friend was at GenCon in the early 1990s, playing some sort of special RPG. They didn't really know what they were supposed to be doing overall, they just had some defined tasks in a small space, like a building. But one person kept messing them up, and keeping them from completing their tasks. They eventually realized that they were the bad guys in Die Hard, and that one person was John McClane. I thought that was cool.

I'm currently fascinated by Arduino.

I have an Arduino controller board. I used it to control servos. It was pretty cheap. (About $35?)

It's fun to play with. A tiny computer that you can program in a limited fashion, and it has numerous analog and digital inputs and outputs so it can be used in all sorts of experiments.

And Pat's the guy who tells us about the morning papers every day!

On a NYC local TV show, I assume?

They eventually realized that they were the bad guys in Die Hard, and that one person was John McClane.

It would have been ubercool if they'd killed him before finding that out.

I have an Arduino controller board.

I am totally unsurprised.

I think an Arduino could be to me what electronics sets and Fischer Technik were not.

20 years later.

Does anyone know much about orgy etiquette?

If its like any other party the host is probably running around making sure the little dishes of condoms are filled and that the astro glide is flowing and "where IS that fucking hand cuff key? Why DO they have to be so damn little..." and barely has a moment of peace nevermind, um, pleasure.

I got very, very wet.

ETA: And I love that I post this right after an orgy etiquette question. Please note that my wetness is not related!

I am totally unsurprised.

I think an Arduino could be to me what electronics sets and Fischer Technik were not.

I had an electronics set as a kid. I never got beyond following their instructions to make stuff - I tried to design my own circuits but they never worked. I think I was confused about the different types of transistors.

I've recently read some books on elementary electronic circuits, and suddenly they make more sense.

On a NYC local TV show, I assume?

Indeed -- he's the morning anchor on NY1, the local news channel. If you watch How I Met Your Mother, it's where Robin supposedly works.

I got very, very wet.

Kinda' funny after Trudy's post....