That Fire Emblem Meme

Looks like that's what everyone else is doing today...

 

 

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Green Christmas

When I was a small child, about three or four, there was a knife shop at the mall. Called Cutlery World, it was on the outskirts of the food court by the Orange Julius and burrito stand that served dry shredded beef that my kiddy taste buds couldn't stand. Cutlery World had as the centerpiece of its display case a giant automated Swiss Army knife that folded its dazzling array of tools in and out in a slow mechanical sweep. I was mesmerized by it. I would stand at the case and watch as knife blades and scissors and tools I didn't know the name for passed behind the glass.

(I saw one of these in a junk shop that was going out of business in NYC last year and was sorry I couldn't buy the damn thing.)

Anyway, I think that marks the beginning of a certain weird affinity I have for rhythmic mechanical stuff.

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