Comments on: Okay, So This Distracted Me a Little…

By: david mcmahon

david mcmahon — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:39:20 +0000

Hi Les,
Hope all is well. Haven’t seen an update here for a while.
Do reassure us, your loyal fans …
Cheers
David

Les Says: Fear not, Les Becker fans… your hero lives to write again.

Just seem to have lost the Art of Multi-Tasking (or is that juggling?). I seem, however, to have gained the knack of thinking in broken Spanish; i.e. “Mi horario está loco.” That oughtta come in handy when I get to Minnesota, huh?

By: Rhea

Rhea — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:50:47 +0000

Cripes! Where the heck do you live that it’s snowing so much already. The Arctic Circle?! Actually, here in Boston we are getting some snow. Flurries. ugh.

Les Says: There’s not that much snow right now – it just plays with us until late December- early January. Then it FEELS like the Arctic Circle.

Ugh, indeed.

By: FHB

FHB — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:56:20 +0000

Hmm. Maybe a salt water powered engine? It’d probably give off salt myst that would eventually rendor all the land infirtile, and give us all high blood pressure.

Les Says: Hey, you know that could work! The water would eventually evaporate through the engine and there would still be some salt sediment left – in a pinch, you could fill up with water and run (slower) until you could get to a Saline Station.

You should test this on the next campin’ trip, Hairy…

By: Maddy

Maddy — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:17:45 +0000

Nothing like a mis-spent lunch hour to get your brain all whirring again.
Cheers

Les Says: …and to think I had started out being a good little worker bee and researching stuff for a fund raiser. How I ended up on CNN is beyond me.

Oh, who am I kidding?!

PS – Nice to meet you, Maddy – come back soon!

By: BeckEye

BeckEye — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:57:07 +0000

I’m hoping that one day I’ll be blogging something stupid about Britney and I’ll inadvertently stumble upon the secret to making time travel possible.

Les Says: I’ve been working on the Time Machine for a freaking AGE. I’m probably going to end up mixing it up with the Cloning Machine, and then you’ll be able to write about Brits 1, 2, & 3. I’ll be all, “How do you like me now, Beck?” LOL!

By: david mcmahon

david mcmahon — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:45:24 +0000

BEAU-tiful shot, Les. Great to see you’re enjoying using that camera.

Les Says: Thank you! I’m working on those sky-scapes, too. Why are clouds so BORING?!

By: By Jane

By Jane — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:09:52 +0000

Wow! I’m starting to look for a new camera. Do you like yours????

Les Says: Very much so. Her name is Hilary Federwhore, heavy on the ‘whore’. Her back story is here, and her specs are here.

Of course, I paid the ‘original’ price for her – Snarl.

By: cardiogirl

cardiogirl — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:50:56 +0000

You know, I always thought there was a market out there for a reverse microwave. You know, you want your water super cold, throw it in the reverse microwave. The mac n cheese is too hot for the toddler, cool it down, but not too much, in the RVM.

I know, it’s a little sketchy as I don’t have the details hammered out. But maybe one of these inventors will stumble upon my idea.

Les Says: Hmmmmm….. something tells me that if *I* managed to ‘invent’ your RVM, it would most certainly be construed as an ‘accident’. Of catastrophic proportions, too.

(I just used the freezer for the “too hot for the kid” stuff… does that count as an RVM?)

By: Denise

Denise — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:11:24 +0000

I can’t comment on the “Eureka’s” because the snow distracted me…

Les Says:
Oh, that’s right – YOU DON’T GET THAT STUFF. Get the guest room ready, Denise; we haven’t even got “snow” snow, yet, and already I’m sick of it…

By: Suzi

Suzi — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:23:54 +0000

Curing cancer? That’s child’s play. Now, lighting water on fire is impressive indeed.

Les Says: I thought you might be impressed with that, considering your family’s penchant for pyromania…