I made a post once and the words STRIP CREATOR flashed on the screen in like 2 inch high letters. And this happened more than once. In fact it started happening every 10th post, then 9th post ... right down to every post.
I didn't mind because it was like a 10th of a second out of my life and then it occured to me. This was really starting to add up. All those 10ths of a second could theoretically add up to a life time. Maybe just a dog's lifetime, but a lifetime nevertheless.
And then I started to obsess about it. I wanted my damned 10ths back. This had gone too far. I was bound and determined to stop it. My life's mission had finally found me. I was going to put a stop to this micro-theft.
I started working on the project on a Tuesday Morning because I belong to a cult that thinks starting anything on a Monday means bad Ju-Ju. Incidentally our cult is plagued with joblessness as we tend to get fired for not showing up at work. As I worked on the problem it occured to me, after watching the History Channel about WWII Allied Bombers, that the problem might be gremlins in the machine. Gremlins where blamed for malfunctions of aircraft that had just been inspected. I just knew Gremlins were the culprits. I could feel it. It was a warm feeling that started in my gut and flowed to my extremities. It was the feeling of being right.
I pulled out my trusty Swiss Army knife and dug into the case of my computer. After disabling the safety interlocks so I could see the computer in action I was going to stick my hand inside. I decided to wait until Wednesday because Wednesday is a mathematically perfect day. In my next post I'll tell you the results.
