Through the looking glass.

 

What really got all this started was a discussion with my wife about classic games…we ended up saying I remember the release of the Super Nintendo…I remember a discussion about which “next gen” system I should get, the Sega Genesis or the Super Nintendo….I mean both had 16 bit graphics…TWICE what my NES had!...now to think that was 18 years ago… I know I’m young as far as 2old2play standards are concerned…but I feel far to old.

 

This morning I woke up like I normally do, grunting and groaning as my back and neck crack, my knees give out, hip aches. Hands still cramped after a late night of gaming…and there I am staring at some old guy I don’t recognize in the big mirror in the Master Bathroom…it actually startled me to the point that I looked behind me to make sure there wasn’t someone there. It was an embarrassingly painful moment….and I suddenly wanted a new TV, new clothes, hair replacement surgery, a motorcycle, and a Corvette (of course).

 

Then I could spend the rest of my days driving 10mph under the speed limit in heavy rus hour traffic so I can go to breakfast and complain about today’s youth…then the REAL truth hit me…I feel and look like this….and I still have 31 years, 4 months 15 days, and (as of the time I post this) 3 hours 15 min. until I can even think of retiring….

 

this made me strangly depressed…and as many of you know, when I’m depressed I come up with some CRAZY ideas….normally about things to build, business ideas, or sudden epiphanies that either make everything better….or much, much worse….in this case, I had an idea for something to build…I think it was a great idea….after all, if North Korea decides to try to wipe out the US electronics, why not alter a room in our basement while we are already doing major construction there to have an NEMP-proof room…every time I say that, the people I tell say, “Wow, that’s a great idea, how do you plan to do that?”

 

…..well, I want to make the room a giant Faraday Chamber by lining the walls (under the drywall) with either a grounded metal mesh...which will be a bit difficult and expensive, or use the cheaper option of lining the wall using tin foil…. This is the part where they say “did the voices tell you to do this?”….no, really, it’s a legitimate method to limit EMP exposure to devices in the room in the event of a major “event” (like N Korea detonating a nuke in the upper atmosphere to disrupt US technology with an NEMP)….now I would need a few extra devices to shield the power lines going into the room….but overall, in the event that the US shuts down, I’ll still be able to play games on Xbox.

 

so not only am I ugly as all sin, but now everyone around me thinks little green men are telling me to protect my Xbox from harmful waves from outer space by lining a room with tin foil…so this is what senility feels like…

 

This is going to be a long week….

 

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