Benediction

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11 November 1993
"And the three disciples were known to be Ecumenical Elden, Righteous Richard, and Born-again Bob. They looked upon the upcoming project, and lo, it was a challenge.
"And many hours were spent designing. Lo, unbeknownst to the desciples many more hours were to be spent designing.
"And the evening and the morning were the first day."

18 November 1993
"The three disciples scrapped their initial design and hearkened to the wisdom of their instructor; they designed a machine that took but one clock cycle to execute one divine instruction.
"And the evening and the morning were the second day."

23 November 1993
"The output was designed, and it was good.
"And the evening and the morning were the third day."

24 November 1993
"The Born-Again disciple overtook the control of time; Divine Clocking was his goal.
"And the evening and the morning were the fourth day."

25 November 1993
"Thanks were given across the land, and the Lord commanded birds to be placed on the tables of the worthy ones.
"And lo, the people gorged themselves unto discomfort, for they were overcome by the goodness of the Lord's birds.
"But the disciples tarried not, neither did they view the 'Altar of the Unfortunate Sacrifice' of the Dallas Cowboys.
"The Born-Again disciple labored upon Divine Clocking.
"The other disciples spake, and Earth failed to come into existence.
"The three disciples swore oaths, profaning the land of KRH 209. They proceeded to design and implement Earth.
"And the evening and the morning were the fifth day."

26 November 1993
"And the Born-Again disciple completed his Divine Clocking, and he proclaimed it good.
"The three disciples continued implementation of Earth.

27 November 1993
"Lo, it transpired that output was desirable, and output was designed and implemented.
"And the evening and the morning were the seventh day."

28-29 November 1993
"Lo, exhaustion reigned over the land, yet the three disciples labored on throughout the night. The Earth was designed; many aspirin were partaken of, as were many Mochas and Dew's.
"And the evening and the morning were the eighth day, yet the disciples did not rest, neither did they tarry in the comfort of their homes.
"And the evening and the morning were the ninth day."

29 November 1993
"Then the Devil possessed the circuit, and wickedness prevailed across the face of Earth.
"And the Devil bade bugs and other creeping things to crawl onto the system.
"The disciples were commanded to cast out the bugs; this task was accomplished, but little did the disciples know that the Devil would command the bugs repeatedly in the future.
"And the evening and the morning were the tenth day."

30 November 1993
"The disciples spoke together, and they brought their subsystems together.
"And the evening and the morning were the eleventh day."

1 December 1993
"The disciples continued integration of the subsystems.
"And the evening and the morning were the twelfth day."

2 December 1993
"And the Devil's creatures returned, and the three disciples spake harshly. The disciples labored at length to cast out the bugs, which tried bravely to cling to the system. The bugs' labors were in vain, however, against the courage and determination of the three disciples.
"For the Disciples persevered and breathed into the microprocessor the breath of being. And the system came to life, and it was very good.
"And the evening and the morning were the thirteenth day."

5 December 1993
"And the Go button was improved, and many celebrations ensued.
"And the evening and the morning were the fourteenth day."

6 December 1993
"Wires were shortened.
"And the evening and the morning were the fifteenth day."

7-8 December 1993
"The report was prepared.
"And the evening and the morning were the sixteenth day, and the three disciples said one to another, Lo, we have labored for a fortnight and two days and what have we to show for it?"

8 December 1993
"And Ecumenical Elden, Righteous Richard, and Born-again Bob looked upon the microprocessor, and said it was good, for Yea, it had come to pass that two hundred, threescore and ten hours had transpired, and sixteen thousand and two hundred Fluke dollars were spent.

"And the evening and the morning were the sixteenth day.

"Amen."



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