More power Scotty

[threemonkeys]

And now for something very very silly. Remember those cheap knockoffs of cheap tacky reading lights I was complaining about the other day. Well I found the real thing. To me they just look like they should be rocket nacelles for a spacecraft. To illustrate my point, I thought I'd soup up one of my remote controls.

First shot with flash

then without flash so you can see just how bright those lights are

Comments

[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

Y'know I really do hope we lose the yachting. Most of the local news providers are obsessed with it - much worse than the rugby. I hate to think how bad it would be if we won. Well actually I do know - I remember from last time and I don't want to go through that again.

OK - will stop ranting now.

The little boosters have already fallen off the remote - I clipped them to a Thunderbird 2 model which seems more secure.

[russellk.livejournal.com]

I'm entirely in agreement on the yachting. The sycophancy (is there such a word) makes me sick. Maybe you could offer the boosters to Alinghi?

[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

Main Entry: sy·co·phan·cy
Pronunciation: 'si-k&-f&n(t)-sE also 'sI- and -"fan(t)-sE
Function: noun
: obsequious flattery; also : the character or behavior of a sycophant

(from Websters online)

[russellk.livejournal.com]

Drat. Thought I might have invented a word.

I did invent quirtopadiphafizartamyopioidaqualnagalateazorbalostrickamism. That is, the doctrine of inventing frivolous words for the purposes of irritating others. But it never caught on.

[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

I can see why it isn't in general usage. I'd be a bit worried about definition 2 below though.

Main Entry: ne·ol·o·gism
Pronunciation: nE-'ä-l&-"ji-z&m
Function: noun
Etymology: French néologisme, from ne- + log- + -isme -ism
1 : a new word, usage, or expression
2 : a meaningless word coined by a psychotic
- ne·ol·o·gis·tic /-"ä-l&-'jis-tik/ adjective