Chapter 2, 15: Well, Since You Ask

Cyberline.

Chapter 2, 14: Mean Girls

Yeah, I went there. But Jenny Wong totally is.

Smells Great Around Here: On Demand

This post is brought to you by this spring's general and local trend of a year-over-year decline in retail sales, which is making it hard for me to enjoy the perhaps-excessive benefits that I've finally qualified for, given the risk of a seniority bump due to "cost cutting measures in a challenging retail market." 

I know: hard to tell a business plan from a suicide note these days.

So, anyway, the title is a reference to Nirvana's 1991 "Smells Like Teen Spirit," implying that there's not that many teenagers around here. You may have heard of the song. In fact, I'm guessing to the point where I ought not play it straight.

But it's a void in my mind. I'm not sure why, because knowing stuff is hard. That's even true of what should be the most obvious thing that you can know, such as what your customers want. 

Chapter 2, 13: A Power In Lythrum

"Lythrum" is introduced as a dark (but not necessarily evil) dimension in the background of the Black Rose, one of the Sentinels written up in 2006's Champions: News of the World. I had no idea that it was a name for loosestrife until I Googled it a moment ago..

Chapter 2, 12: On A Quest

The only reason I didn't talk about Pong was that I couldn't think of a good joke.