In my various bits of fiction, I have two kitsune characters; neither one has approved this joke. They do, however, show appreciation with wags and flicks of their tails. I can certify that neither has become an amphibian (at least[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You can look up further information about Erwin Schrödinger’s famous thought experiment about quantum superposition, if you wish. Theo is observed as being very much alive, at least in this universe, and you may rest assured that he will continue to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Happy Christmas, everyone, and may your Santa be as generous as… wait… who dis? In the tradition of other creators of suspense who are far better at it than myself, I present to you someone new. He appears to be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Enter Ophelia, bearing the cheer of hot cocoa. All the housemates are grateful for her generosity… except she didn’t make the stockings. She didn’t make the cocoa, either. And the Toblerone in her stocking… Stocking-stuffing is an art that few[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Christmas stockings are always great to wake up to; Santa was really here, or someone was. Our house-dwellers seem sure they know who it is. In my household, the Christmas Day order was stockings, breakfast, presents under the tree, hyperactive[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is about as far as this joke can go, for now; I can’t promise that it might not return at some point, if only so that Denver Poe, the supervisor, can make another appearance. There are other jokes and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As Theo notes, the simplest solution is the best. All such calls to the Last Hope Help Desk should be this easy to solve. Then again, his pay grade doesn’t include flux capacitors, so let’s hope that his supervisor, Denver[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As someone who had a collection of some 300 VHS tapes, back in the day, I can tell you that the rewinder saved wear and tear on the read/record head. DVDs are much easier to store, and they are also[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Part of the problem with working at a help desk is finding clients who need an entirely different kind of help. Billy Mays (1958-2009) was a television pitchman perhaps most associated with products like OxyClean and Kaboom! (I seem to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s clear that Theo’s boss, Denver Poe, knows Theo very well indeed, lucky for both of them. We’re going to visit Theo at the Last Hope Help Desk for a while. He’s about to face a particularly tricky problem with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
