text: [Themes: Zorkian, Humor, grue]
  
  Alexander Pope once said, "A little learning is a dangerous thing." I don't know what he meant by that. I've always thought learning was a good thing. Without it, you end up in some boring job that you hate. Maybe he was one of those Communists who wanted to give opium to the masses so they wouldn't notice they were bored and there was nothing to watch on TV. No, wait a minute... the Communists were against the Pope. Well, whatever.
  
  It's time to go to work.
  
  Bedroom, on the bed
  I'm lying in bed. It's warm and cosy here. In fact, this would be
  a really nice place to stay if there weren't an alarm clock going off across the room.
  
  > examine the alarm clock
  Without this, I don't know how I'd ever get up in the morning. It's currently buzzing loudly.
  
  The alarm clock is buzzing loudly.
  
  > About yourself
  "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." Well I think I look pretty good.
  
  The alarm clock is buzzing loudly.
  
  > check your inventory
  I am empty-handed.
  
  The alarm clock is buzzing loudly.
  
  > get up
  Okay, I'm no longer on the bed.
  
  The alarm clock is buzzing loudly.
  
  > turn off the alarm clock
  I turn off the alarm clock, and the buzzing stops. "The rest is silence." Shakespeare.
  
  > look
  This is my bedroom - a great place to come back to at the end of
  the day. A doorway leads west into the hallway. The dresser stands against one wall, and the bed on the opposite side. There's also a closet, an alarm clock on top of the dresser, a large pile of dirty clothes on the floor (hey, it's still a couple of weeks till my laundry day!), and a life-sized cutout of Leonard Nimoy. What can I say? It's home!
  
  > examine Nimoy
  Mr. Spock was my hero when I was growing up. He had it all: strong, smart, always knew exactly what was going on. A lot like me.
  
  > look at the clothes
  There is a large pile of dirty clothes on the floor. Well, maybe 'pile' isn't exactly the right word. They're sort of strewn all over the floor. Seems to me like a good place for them.
  
  > look at the dresser
  It's an old but sturdy dresser. I've had it since I was a child.
  
  > open the dresser
  The dresser contains an assortment of clean clothing, ready to wear.
  
  > Wear clothing
  Which clothing do you mean, the dirty clothes, or the clean clothes?
  
  > Clean
  What, all of it? Please be a little more specific about what I should wear.
  
  > get all
  clean clothes: I look through the drawers of the dresser, and pull out some clean clothing to wear: socks, underwear, and a pair of pants.
  
  > wear socks and the underwear and the pants
  clean socks: Okay, I'm now wearing the clean socks.
  clean underwear: Okay, I'm now wearing the clean underwear.
  clean pants: Okay, I'm now wearing the clean pants.
  
  > look
  This is my bedroom - a great place to come back to at the end of
  the day. A doorway leads west into the hallway. The dresser stands against one wall, and the bed on the opposite side. There's also a closet, an alarm clock on top of the dresser, a large pile of dirty clothes on the floor (hey, it's still a couple of weeks till my laundry day!), and a life-sized cutout of Leonard Nimoy. What can I say? It's home!
  The dresser seems to contain clean clothes.
  
  > go to the west
  This is a short hallway between my bedroom (to the east) and living room (to the west). The bathroom is north.
  
  > West
  Living Room/Kitchen/Dining Room
  This is the main living area of my apartment, a sort of combined living room, dining room, and kitchen. Furniture includes a table, several chairs, and a very comfy sofa. There's also a refrigerator, a stove, and a TV. The hallway is to the west, and the front door is south.
  Sitting on the stove is a frying pan.
  
  > get the pan
  Taken.
  
  > Inventory
  I have clean pants (being worn), clean socks (being worn), clean underwear (being worn), and a frying pan.
  
  > Go east
  This is my bedroom - a great place to come back to at the end of
  the day. A doorway leads west into the hallway. The dresser stands against one wall, and the bed on the opposite side. There's also a closet, an alarm clock on top of the dresser, a large pile of dirty clothes on the floor (hey, it's still a couple of weeks till my laundry day!), and a life-sized cutout of Leonard Nimoy. What can I say? It's home!
  The dresser seems to contain clean clothes.
  
  > take clean
  Which clean do you mean, the clean pants, the clean socks, or the clean clothes?
  
  > search the dresser
  The dresser contains an assortment of clean clothing, ready to wear.
  
  > get the clothing
  Which clothing do you mean, the dirty clothes, or the clean clothes?
  
  > examine dirty
  There is a large pile of dirty clothes on the floor. Well, maybe 'pile' isn't exactly the right word. They're sort of strewn all over the floor. Seems to me like a good place for them.
  
  > take Nimoy
  I think Leonard will be happier if I leave him where he is.
  
  > Inventory
  I have clean pants (being worn), clean socks (being worn), clean underwear (being worn), and a frying pan.
  
  > look
  This is my bedroom - a great place to come back to at the end of
  the day. A doorway leads west into the hallway. The dresser stands against one wall, and the bed on the opposite side. There's also a closet, an alarm clock on top of the dresser, a large pile of dirty clothes on the floor (hey, it's still a couple of weeks till my laundry day!), and a life-sized cutout of Leonard Nimoy. What can I say? It's home!
  The dresser seems to contain clean clothes.
  
  > open the closet
  Opening the closet reveals a clean shirt and a pair of shoes.
  
  > wear the shirt
  (First taking the clean shirt)
  Taken. Okay, I'm now wearing the clean shirt.
  
  > go to the west
  This is a short hallway between my bedroom (to the east) and living room (to the west). The bathroom is north.
  
  > Go east
  This is my bedroom - a great place to come back to at the end of
  the day. A doorway leads west into the hallway. The dresser stands against one wall, and the bed on the opposite side. There's also a closet, an alarm clock on top of the dresser, a large pile of dirty clothes on the floor (hey, it's still a couple of weeks till my laundry day!), and a life-sized cutout of Leonard Nimoy. What can I say? It's home!
  The dresser seems to contain clean clothes. The closet seems to contain a pair of shoes.
  
  > wear shoes
  (First taking the pair of shoes)
  Taken. Okay, I'm now wearing the pair of shoes.
  
  > wear the shoes
  I'm already wearing the pair of shoes!
  
  > Go west
  Living Room/Kitchen/Dining Room
  This is the main living area of my apartment, a sort of combined living room, dining room, and kitchen. Furniture includes a table, several chairs, and a very comfy sofa. There's also a refrigerator, a stove, and a TV. The hallway is to the west, and the front door is south.
  
  > go south
  I'd really like to eat breakfast before I go to work...
  
  > open the fridge
  Opening the refrigerator reveals a carton of milk, a carton of orange juice, two eggs, and some bacon.
  
  > get the bacon
  Taken.
  
  > put the bacon in the pan
  Done.
  
  > Turn
  What do you want to turn?
  
  > look at what you're carrying with you
  I have clean pants (being worn), clean socks (being worn), clean underwear (being worn), a clean shirt (being worn), and a pair of shoes (being worn).
  
  > turn on the stove
  Okay, it's now turned on. The strips of bacon sizzle and turn crispy.
  
  > eat bacon
  Just as I'm about to start eating, I glance at the clock and notice that the bus will be here in three minutes. No time to eat now! I grab a pop-tart to eat on the bus instead.
  
  > go south
  Just as I'm walking up to the door, I see the bus coming down the street. I grab my wallet, keys, and watch from the ledge by the door, throw on my coat, and dash outside as the bus is rolling up. I climb the steps, drop my money into the change-taking-machine (it makes a neat clinking noise as the coins roll down the slide), and take a seat near the front of the bus.
  
  I'm sitting on the bus, about four rows back. It's fairly crowded
  - lots of people going to work. Outside the window, I can see the city rolling past.
  
  > examine city
  We're driving through a residential district.
  
  > Inventory
  I have clean pants (being worn), clean socks (being worn), clean underwear (being worn), a clean shirt (being worn), a pair of shoes (being worn), a pop-tart, a coat (being worn), a wristwatch (being worn), a wallet, and keys. The coat pocket seems to contain a book of famous quotations.
  
  A woman starts to sit down next to me, but immediately stands up again and moves to another row, wrinkling her nose and sniffing loudly. Perhaps I should have taken a shower...
  
  > Inventory
  I have clean pants (being worn), clean socks (being worn), clean underwear (being worn), a clean shirt (being worn), a pair of shoes (being worn), a pop-tart, a coat (being worn), a wristwatch (being worn), a wallet, and keys. The coat pocket seems to contain a book of famous quotations.
  
  Darn it. I really should have turned off the stove before I left.
  And closed the refrigerator. Oh well...
  
  > eathe pop-tart
  That was delicious! And it's a good source of 7 vitamins and minerals!