The Headless Wonder Strikes Again

Have you seen Scott's send-up of the dissertation-writing process as located in a universe strangely similar to those of Zork and Adventure? It's beyond funny. So funny, in fact, that it's hard to pick out just one section to excerpt, but here's my best attempt:

> work on dissertation

You spend three hours reading five articles which have nothing to do with the dissertation.

> work on dissertation

You spend twenty minutes online reading about baseball.

> tear out hair

Taken. You find the Elvish sword.

> in my hair?

I don't understand that.

> work on dissertation

You spend five minutes playing online poker.

> work on dissertation

You pick your nose.

> work on dissertation

You go to the kitchen and eat cheese.

Go here to read the whole thing. And just a friendly warning: in order to protect the welfare of your keyboard, you should avoid drinking any beverages while reading this parody.