Some years back, I ran across a short story by Stephen King titled, “Word Processor of the Gods.” In the story, a writer is given a word processor (the kind that’s halfway between a typewriter and a computer) that his nephew had built for him, shortly before the nephew’s death. When the writer tries out the word processor, he discovers that anything he writes on it becomes true. For example, if he writes, “There is a bowl of ice cream on the corner of my desk,” when he looks up, the ice cream is there. You can see where the story gets it’s title, and you can probably imagine some uses for that sort of power.
I think I’ve stumbled across something similar.
A few weeks ago, I was midway through writing an email to an acquaintance when my phone rang. Marc denies spying on me, and if that had been the only incident, I wouldn’t have given it too much thought beyond the initial incident.
A funny thing happened though. In another entry, I mentioned my classmate Donna. Less than a week later, Donna happened to run across my blog and left a comment.
This has some potential. For example, just imagine what could happen if I were to mention Jessica Simpson, Nicole Kidman or Jennifer Aniston. This could be fun! 🙂
On the other hand, anyone who’s seen a few episodes of The Twilight Zone will recognize that this sort of wish fulfillment can have a variety of unexpected, and fairly horrific, consequences. Consider the rather frightening possibilities if I were to mention Pamela Anderson, Paris Hilton or the hot but strange Angelina Jolie!
There’s only one possible course of action: Hi Laura!!!