A lot of this chapter is random observations about stuff, very much in the style of 4-koma “aru aru” (something like “I know what you mean”) humor. This here is something that happened in real life.

Did I mentioned I’m working on a book titled “I Want to be an Awesome Robot”?

Here we have the very first appearance of Tom. More on him later.

I was never too physically inclined, but I did enjoy badminton. I wasn’t terribly good at it though, so when I took it to fulfill the PE requirement at SJCC I regularly got paired with a girl who I legitimately suspect had some kind of mental handicap, though certainly not any physical handicap. We spent most of most classes batting the birdie back and forth without really playing the game of badminton.

It took a while, but I finally found a way to do a callback to the thing in Chapter 1 about Sylvia being “banned from the future.”

I did kinda go nuts with How I Met Your Mother when I first started watching it. I heard about it because of a story in The Onion, and binge-watched the first few seasons and then started following it regularly. Now it’s finally over.

In case you’re wondering, the last line is referencing this Discovery Channel ad.

Bonus Stuff