Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Moving Day

    
     From The Copy Desk: Warren and Marty are in the midst of moving from the summer to the winter burrow, and as such, things are a bit disorganized. It's also worth 'noting' that Warren recently got a new phone, and it's out of this world.


      Warren, rushing into the still disorganized winter burrow, shouted, "Hey Marty have you seen what Phil had for lunch ....." There was a loud crash, as Warren tumbled to the floor, tipping over the serving cart stacked with apples.
Since Pi is infinite, will the roasting ever be done?
     "That's what happens when you rush around staring at your phone instead of where you're going," Marty said. "That phone is going to be the death of you." Marty began to retrieve the apples that had rolled all over the room and, looking over at Warren, snapped,"Hey, put down the phone and help me pick these up."
     "But I just got an alert," Warren said. "We'll get to see Phil's dessert."
     Marty grabbed the phone from his halph-brother and held it out in front of him ..... leading him into the kitchen and took a seat at the table.
     "Have a seat brother, we need to talk," Marty said. "Nobody should care what Phil had to eat. Nobody should be so engrossed in their phone that they don't even look where they're going. Nobody should be so crude as to ignore the flesh and blood individual who needs help cleaning up a mess the phone user caused because their phone just bleeped or something."
     Warren, still suffering from FOMA (fear of missing out), reached out and grabbed the phone from Marty, shouting, "Was it cupcakes or brownies, I need to know."
    Marty sat back, calmly stating, "Look what it's done to you, you're a mess. You've been less than helpful today and we'll have to stay up past bedtime tonight to get this burrow set straight. You have the attention span of about 8 seconds and ....... hey what's that smell?"
     Warren felt the heat and dropped his smoldering phone. Marty, thinking quickly, tossed the phone into the kitchen stove and shut the door - where it continued to smolder until it lit the fire and started roasting the vegetables Marty had in the oven.
     While dinner was roasting The Boys worked on putting everything in its place and generally cleaning up the house. Marty continued his lecture about the evils of "smart" phones and eventually convinced Warren to go back to his flip phone.
     "These vegetables are really tasty," Warren said. "I love the spices you've used."
     Marty, looking his brother in the eyes, said, "Thanks. It's a pleasure to share a meal with you and have a chance to chat."
 
     From The Copy Desk: While much progress has been made, the woodpile shielding the entrance to the summer burrow still offers enough cover for The Boys' needs ..... but the local forecast calls for colder weather starting this weekend and prompted the decision to move. The Copy Desk plans to finish moving the rest of the wood soon.