DON'T PANIC

5-25-12

5+25+12= 42

WE ARE HONOURING DOUGLAS ADAMS TODAY.

I AM HONOURING DOUGLAS ADAMS TODAY.

I WILL BRING HIM HONOR.

I have just realised that I spell ‘honouring’ with a u, but not ‘honor’.

When did my English become so bizarre?

Starting now I will spell honoring in this manner.

BACK TO THE POINT!

My blog is named DON’T PANIC, so if you’re logical you will already have deduced that I believe (and am correct in believing) that Douglas Adams was a wonderful human being with excellent writing skills. Also, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is one of the greatest books ever penned (well, maybe he didn’t pen it, but it sounds more refined this way).

Today, May the 25th, we honor him as he deserves.

Please take a moment to grab a towel and run around like a maniac with it for the rest of the day’s course (and even a bit longer if you wish to, it’s important to have a towel on hand).

I promise you, this is of the uttermost importance.

Because Douglas Adams will always be awesome, and having a towel on hand today is the least you can do.

Happy towel day! Remember what 6x7 is equal to and have a magnificent time.

This morning we were out of cereal and I had a fit of rage. Then my morning was further ruined at approximately 8:30 am, during my free time.

I went to the library and was attempting to read, but all the gossiping idiots at another table kept staring at me.

I don’t know why it’s suddenly weird for people to be actually trying to read in a library, but apparently it is because people kept glancing over at me as if I’d grown a second head. I checked. To my knowledge, I still only have one.

I also loathe being interrupted while I’m reading. It takes a bit of concentration to put yourself in the story and do all the voices in your head. So naturally, it had to happen. Right at the climax of The Boscombe Valley Mystery.

“Holmes,” I said, “you have drawn a net round this man from which he cannot escape, and you have saved an innocent human life as if you had cut the cord which was hanging him. I see the direction in which this all points. The culprit is-

“STUDENTS! RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM!”

This is SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.

Do you know who he is?

He wrote Sherlock Holmes.

That’s right, he does get an award for being awesome.

And, guess what? Today is his birthday. May 22, 1859.

So, he gets the birthday crown. And that’s all I wanted to say.

The saddest part of this entire book is the line

Goodnight nobody Goodnight mush

The bowl of mush in Goodnight Moon is one of the most depressing things in any children’s book, and the conclusion was reached that it is because it was put next to nobody, so now the two are synonymous with one another.

Thanks a lot Goodnight Moon, for ruining mush.

I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY.