Skype's Flaw and the Elvish Influence.

Skype has a flaw. It allows you to set your status as ‘away,’ but it doesn’t permit anything more specific. You’d think it would allow you to set up your own menu, wouldn’t you, with things like:

Just gone for a pee.

Hang on, somebody’s at the door.

Off to fetch another scotch and a slice of toast.

Wait a minute, I’m watching a scene from Lord of the Rings and I don’t want to miss the bit where Arwen does her silent wince.

Lord of the Rings is bothering me. It’s dragging me down into those fantastical depths where so many people seem to drown in the waters of alternate illusion. It’s the elves that do it. They’re the culprits.