MEET THE PRESS

Sunday, March 5. 2006

My press conference with Professor Antlerhead went off well. He publicly gave me full credit for the contribution I made to the team's research, and fortunately none of the reporters asked when I'd made it. (Answer: the night before.) Back home, the folks recorded the event on DVD for the family scrapbook.

In the days since, I've noticed subtle changes around the lab. The other research assistants are more deferential toward me, and every now and then I catch one staring in my direction. Nothing negative...I just seem to be under the microscope.

Ha.

My relationship with the professor has definitely changed. (Before he had a hard time pronouncing my name. Just for the record, it's "LIN-DUZ-farn.") Now he's put me on the team's most important project: stem cells.

Yeah, I think I know something about adaptability.

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A DVD scrapbook huh? Your family is so cool technologically!

You want to adopt a "past-his-hunting-prime" lion?

#1 Ken D. Lion on 2006-03-05 15:28 (Reply)

Given your history and family background, I would say that you are very knowledgeable about adaptability. I wonder if you have given any thought to finding your human parents? And being the computer guru you are......I have heard that computers can see through time and space and other dimensions.

#2 Douglas Palms on 2006-03-05 20:44 (Reply)

I don't think she would want to do that, to paraphrase a great starship chief engineer: "You can't change the laws of physics!"

#2.1 Jim Ghote on 2006-03-06 14:54 (Reply)

True, you can't change the laws of physics (even though biology is more relevant and pliable) but you can learn more about them and take advantage of the increased capabilities that knowledge gives you. [A truly great starship engineer would understan that -- but he stillmight say what you've quoted to a less-than-great Skipper.

#2.1.1 MiserMike on 2006-03-08 15:25 (Reply)

Wouldn't she just have to find the human equivalents of Princess Chertsey's parents? Considering that she's royalty, I don't think it'd really be that difficult.

#2.2 Nicky Firenight (Link) on 2006-03-07 05:54 (Reply)

Yeah, but you need to be accessing the computer at three in the morning(or twelve noon if you're nocturnal)after ingesting enough caffeine that they could plug you in and use you to power a whole city. You'll know when you've reached the critical threshold. It's when everything starts going all light and floaty...The problem is that once you're in this trance-like state it's kind of hard to remember what you were looking for. You generally end up downloading a bunch of weird MP3s, and singing along, and giggling...and teople yell at you for making too much noise. >.

#2.3 Agla on 2006-03-07 08:32 (Reply)

"Now he's put me on the team's most important project: stem cells." Maybe you could get Daisy or Fenton's Tree to help with the research -- it would eliminate all the messy right-to life controversy.

#3 MiserMike on 2006-03-06 15:23 (Reply)

Enjoy your newfound fame and respect while it lasts. Remember: you're only as good as your last research paper. You'll have to keep up the quality of work if you don't want to end up as just another face at the watering hole. (But from what I've seen so far, I'm sure you'll be the "good" Doctor's prize student -- assuming, of course, that his little secret is never discovered...)

#4 Reynard on 2006-03-06 18:25 (Reply)

D'ohh. I thought it was pronounced lin-*DEZ*-farn. I guess I wasn't too far off, though.

#5 Threyon (Link) on 2006-10-21 18:18 (Reply)

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