Behind Closed Doors

Breaking News:

We've got some huge developments that are important to mention tonight.


I met Richard's dogs. One of them is big, and white, and fluffy. The other is small, and brown, and kinda fluffy:





This Wednesday is a holiday. For those of you who didn't know, rejoice! After Wednesday, I'll put up a poll concerning whether holidays are better at the beginning or end of the week or scattered on random days in the middle of the week. Honestly, I'd prefer both, I think.






Elephants are not quite as cute as Richard's dogs, but important nonetheless. I think this very well made my whole weekend, which usually doesn't happen on a Sunday night.




Our top story tonight:

Well, after meeting Richard's dogs this weekend, I was feeling adventurous and curious as to just what being a dog felt like. So I experimented. On four legs, instead of two arms and two legs.
What I immediately noticed was that doors were the MOST annoying obstacle to pass through. The problem was that the doorknob requires rather precise turning and rotational movement to operate properly. Not an easy task for us dogs.

But to a physics-literate dog, I could see it all. Doors have a latch to keep a closed door closed. Turning the knob pulls the cylinder in the direction of the turn, and the spring inside this complex system is affixed to the latch and stretched or compressed when the knob is turned. Since this latch is what keeps the door closed, when the knob is turned the latch is adjusted and the door can be opened.


Thinking quickly, I decided that the best course of action was to shapeshift back to human form and proceed from there.
(LIKE A BOSS!)



In other news, my friends thought it would be HILARIOUS to film me, Richard's brother, and Richard's two dogs while we crawled up the stairs at one point. Pictures and clips will be up next week.