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The technology tsar is recovering nicely

Having had a malfunctioning gall bladder and enough gall stones to populate a small galaxy removed, the tsar is still at home undergoing intense purr therapy and trying to milk the surgery for all of the sympathy he can get. Technology Corner will return on May 16.

When he awoke, the tsar discovered that the surgeon had drawn a foot-long arc marked "cut here" on his abdomen but hadn't needed to use it because he was able to remove the tsar's gall bladder by means of laparoscopic surgery, which involves punching one hole in the tsar and filling him with carbon dioxide* and then punching 3 other holes for video cameras, Star Wars light sabers, and various other utensils. The ice cream cone is merely an artistic device and was not used during or after surgery.

The tsar has lost some weight lately, but the illustration is a good example of taking artistic license to rather an extreme point.

*The tsar has been accused of being full of other things that are considerably less desirable to be full of than carbon dioxide.

According to the tsar's semi-unscientific theory, there are better ways to fill oneself with carbon dioxide than having it inserted through a hole that has been poked in one's abdomen. In this case, the tsar prefers the all-natural, low-tech method used throughout the centuries. This technique began as "mead" during the Roman Era and was described by Benjamin Franklin this way: "Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." The tsar is happy.

The beer wasn't really quite that big. Honest! But it was Canadian.

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