MM#5: Pizza and Logic

The following is an account of a recent visit to my local Papa Murphy's.

GP Gone AWOL

MM here.  If anyone has seen or heard from GP, please describe when and where your last encounter was with him in the comment section.  He's been missing and unheard from since roughly January 6th, when he was last spotted fiddling with his wife's iPhone.  I fear he may have Tron'd himself and become stuck inside the device.

GP, if you can read this in your new digital surroundings, please let us know you're alright and that you haven't been deleted by some weird frisbee disc.  Also, if you see a program in there that looks like Olivia Wilde, tell her that MM says hello.

Come back to us, GP!

MM#4: The Sickness

Oh you Royals. You're so silly. You're just playing with us, right? Just teasing? You didn't actually re-sign Luke Hochevar to a new contract, did you? Hasn't he had enough chances to prove he's not worthy? If you count a finger for every time you say that this could be the year he steps up from “promise” to “production,” and you need a second hand to get through all of them... well, maybe that's a sign, don't you think? Surely, after six years you know what you have in a player. Surely you can't be serious, right?

MM#3: Failure

Contrary to what you may have heard, failure is an option. It's actually one of the more prominent options, but people just want to convince themselves otherwise. There's also degrees of failure, or rather, conditional failure. Currently, my efforts here have resulted in some of the latter – good ol' conditional failure. I always knew I was fighting against inevitability, but I honestly thought I could make it more than two weeks before succumbing. Sigh. There's nothing like realizing you've underestimated your own futility.

Digital Device Fears

This Brave New World of electronic storage has exacted a new fear in my heart: the loss of information.  I am quite overwhelmed with the constant threat of losing information. Having a young child in the house exacerbates the issue as now the photos and video that cannot be replaced is under constant threat.

I know I have backed things ups.  I know I have backed things up two or even three times.  In separate locations.  Multiple formats.  I know this.  But I have to "restore" my wife's iPhone.  Do you realize what that means?  That means wiping everything clean.  Clearing it out.  

This is nerve-wracking.  I feel like I am performing electronic surgery.  It is constant stress.

GP

MM#2: Glorious Groupon (Updated)

How can you not love the questions (and answers) page for popular Groupon deals? I'm just gonna copy and paste a bunch of them (from the same offer) here after the jump and let you guess which one was my question. No prizes for guessing correctly.

MM #1: 'Tis me

So I'm apparently Meticulous Mullen.  My brother, GP, thought it was an appropriate title.  He's not wrong.  I do like to be detailed in what I say/write.  What's the point in writing something if the reader ends up with a misunderstanding of what you meant?  Maybe it equals a few extra paragraphs to achieve clarity, but isn't that worth it in the end?