An anecdote

[jwgh]

The Trinity Brewhouse has free live music every Wednesday, generally a really excellent blues combo led by Chris Turner, who plays harmonica and sings.

Sometimes when he's playing and one of his harmonicas is on its way out he'll offer to give it to the first person to identify the author of the song he's just played.

Finally, one evening I managed to answer both correctly and before anyone else and became the proud owner of a slightly used F harmonica, which I should still have around somewhere. Later on I mentioned this to Pam Murray, whose immediate response was, Cool! Now you can clone him!

Comments

[sunburn.livejournal.com]

It's a good thing you didn't win his pipe because then if you examined the skin/saliva on the mouthpiece, it would be illegal stem cell research.

[boutell.livejournal.com]

MOONBASE COMMANDER! Oo oo oo! I bought this game and like it, but the single player game is too easy once you learn to aim a bomb, and multiplayer seems quite hard to get opponents for.

[sunburn.livejournal.com]

Right on, Star Control! The multiplayer solution is as simple as buying copies for all of your friends, and getting them addicted. And also locating a little utility called moonbaseip for trans-internet connections. Also, if aiming bombs is too easy, free up the wind a little for some good random elements. Then you'll see that the Crawler is your best friend.

[boutell.livejournal.com]

Geek twin powers... ACTIVATE! Um, that is, care to play a game?