It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

I've been trying to figure out what to get for the plate for my new car (link goes to a photo). (Up here in Maine personalized license plates are super-cheap so its pretty common.) Right now the lead contender for this black car I'm probably going to buy is either GRUE or A GRUE.

Which leads me, of course, to the Grue entry on Wikipedia, which is really really detailed and includes a ton of "Zork Lore". Which lead me to this article on interactive fiction.

So, what do you think? GRUE or A GRUE??

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Informal polling right now is running 100% for GRUE but I sort of like the spacing on A GRUE a little better. (Yeah, I know, its just a licence plate).

Further thoughts?

There is a small mailbox here.

I'll knock it off with this Zork stuff soon, I promise.

Great and complete Wikipedia Entry on the original Zork (Zork I). Includes this tidbit: "It is possible to score all 350 points in 231 moves (and complete the game completely in 236 moves)." Heh.

Play Zork online!

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I'm thinking about trying to make E some groovy reversible pants. (Not garb pants. Just pants.) Maybe flannel print on one side and a quilting cotton on the other. Something totally zany.

I have no idea why.