Have had yet another tiff with ranch personnel about octopus-sorting procedures. (Age, then sex, then size, then coloration. Who goes looking for a particular shade of octopus without knowing which size is desired?) Begin to wonder if my talents are best employed here; have already reorganized the library in seventeen variations, selected most ( Read more... )

From: Sir Mostyn Dafydd, Majordomo ( Read more... )

Saw a bird burst into flames in mid-air today for no readily apparent reason ( Read more... )

Never would have dreamed Begmans could properly appreciate cephalopods. Have nonetheless found my own parochial prejudices to be incorrect; that truth and beauty alike continue to lie within the reach of science; the truest expression of squid joy ever known to man ( Read more... )

- Need improved glue. Currently available supply of glue is doing a terrible of sticking turtles to one another. Must examine the formula, upgrade as appropriate.
- May need a replacement turtle.

( That is the fissure through which chaos seeps )

Came to unexpected success in today's sparring match. Not certain if this is actually reason to be optimistic about success rate vs. possible upcoming assassination attempts. Unlikely to be reason to worry more than any existing reasons for worry, so will assume optimism, hope, long-term survival, et cetera for the time being ( Read more... )

Out of tea. Running out of options. Considering moving to a less political career.

Wonder if the University of Begma accepts foreign students to their engineering program.

- Examine updated pony permit paperwork and compare against existing embassy rules to determine if an exception is valid ( Read more... )

Stayed up all night working on theory & design for mechanical prophet. (Have rescheduled missing hours of sleep for a week from Thursday.) Hypothesis needs testing, but seems sound so far. Suspect trip to Begma may be in order to reduce variables for best functioning of prophetic nature, mechanical nature, combination of the two ( Read more... )