“Look upon the rainbow…

…and praise him that made it; very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof.” — Sirach 43:11

Noch immer vergisst sie über Anton

Anton wird von Elise vergessen, und der einsame Morgen flog er weg.
An Bord Graudonner II, war naiv sein Herz, aber er sah durch die Lügen.
Und wenn der Wind bläst vom Himmel, wir alle wissen, wer aus ihrem Kopf geflohen.
Elise wird da sein, sie vergisst über Anton. Wie läuft sie herum und sagt, sie ist einsam und weint: “Ich bin einsam ... sehr einsam, Baby ... jemand von mir denken.”
Doch als er zurück auf dem Bauernhof kommt, Elise will dass Schulter zum Anlehnen,
Und Anton sagt zu ihr: “Baby, mein Herz bewegt vor sich.”

(Entschuldigung an C. Westover und Brute Force.)

Gaijin Contagion: Kokubo Senden Toppatsu Senso

Gaijin Plan A is the first project of its kind to offer real-time defence of foreign info-contagions. This guards against psychological proxies within a tactical context. If infotoxins are motile and are disseminated to qualifiers, you can mete out multiple PNGE sessions for use in another contagion contingency. The primary defence against conditioning is coded as a “PsyOp: Implicit” scenario.

• Aptitude-intensive Ideo-Barrage
• Short-term alalia agents

“After Homework is Done, Mark Helps Dad With the Chemicals”

Stratum Ten refreshments expedite the extra-curricular labwork.

Stratum Ten Field Excursion: Peregrinazione alle Radiazioni

The omnibus swiftly made its way down il Connettore as the Jung Tecnocrati sat in giddy anticipation. Master Stoddard and Aliyah Bernal chuckled at the strains of “She’s A Rainbow” intermittently poking through the radio static.
  Upon arrival at Tech the group stared up at the cylindrical, windowless structure. Stoddard beamed in awe.
  The 5-megawatt heavy-water-cooled research reactor was known for producing the finest of epithermal neutron beams. The ‘Techno’s’ felt quite privileged to be granted access.
  Inside the containment building, a tour of the operations floor and control room commenced.
At the shielded window of a nearby hot cell hung a pair of telefactor arms. (An inspiration for a future Orville™ project, perhaps?)
  After a thorough review of the facility, old Professor Auensen piped up: “All this radiation is making me hungry!”

The Techno’s made a quick jaunt over to the Gri CV for a midday repast [Glorified Steak, Ring One, and an F.O. for Master S.]. The field-service-style paper caps given out were a hit with the group, and were quite different from the Tyvek® variety worn at the reactor.
  As the bus cruised under the bright sun back to the academy, Prof. Auensen realised the day was only half over. How to kill time?
“Hey everyone, who feels like ice cream?”
And so the bus pulled up to the Piazza Mercato del Traghetto del DiGiovanni where the students and Techno’s filed out and marched into the Gelateria del Barone Biskin for refreshments.

After enjoying a satisfying scoop of “Irish Meadows” (though it was inferior to the homemade version at Creamy’s), Stoddard popped in next-door to Trulet’s Music Shoppe.
In the cut-out bin sat a Stereo-8 cartridge by The Nü Hotdog Hour Trio. A score for any music aficionado.
  The bus trundled back to the academy and the remainder of the school day was spent recounting the day’s events.
Afterwards Master Stoddard made his way over to the West Bank to share his musical find with Son of Smiling Walt.
Un grande giorno: Radiazioni… gelati… canzoni…
What’s not to like?

Projecting Alpha: Standards & Stereotypes

Stratum projections based on stylistic trajectories of accoutrements and social cues utilised by Alpha Aspirant type [Aα2] (as opposed to Alpha Actuel type [Aα1]):
• Stratum 5 societal std.: Don Juan manqué.
• After-effects of 20 strata PoMo march renders Machismo concept into pejoration.
• Bio/evo impulse conflicts with cultural programming, resulting in cognitive dissonance. The concept comes full-circle, minus the marrow.

By Stratum 44:
• Machismo will be subjective.
• Yesterday’s Gold Chain is tomorrow’s Compliance Collet.
• In the future, everyone will be macho for fifteen minutes.

Commemorative Edition Orville™ LV-2r Package Unveiled

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

In observance of the Orville Corporation’s 30-year anniversary, a commemorative edition of the original Orville™ LabVac-2 will be re-issued as a limited-run series available in retail/wholesale and industrial/commercial markets.
  The original LV-2 was the 10th Stratum successor to the LV-1, a failed tech demo with major design flaws:

[The LV-1 was a similar vacuum unit that featured a directional headlamp in the event of power failures. Unfortunately, since the unit relied solely on an external power source, a power failure would render the entire unit useless.]

The LV-2r features twin “waldo”-style removable telefactor arms for use manipulating the hose assembly and cleaning head.
  But the standout feature of the LV-2r is the “boombox”-style console interface entertainment system. Updated and improved, the re-issue includes mp3/USB docks and a digital streaming receiver in addition to the “classic” AM/FM receiver and stereo cassette deck.
  Headphone options are unnecessary as the audio signal is channeled through the vacuum’s impeller unit, so the vacuum/“boombox” twin decibel outputs operate as complements in tandem.
  Back in its day, the LV-2 was very popular in the custodial engineering community. Orville™ is confident that the “face-lift” of the LV-2r will bring a smile to old pros while winning over new converts.

Orville™ LV-2r
Power: 1300 Watts
Capacity: 9.8L
Weight: 6.8 kg
Cleaning reach: 36.8 m with RC remote control
Filter: OrVex + HepaSuc-3
Combined Sound Output Level (SPL): 105 dB