This is my laptop, there are many like it but this one is mine. My laptop is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my laptop is useless. Without my laptop I am useless. I must run my laptop true. I must present to my audience who are trying to appraise me. I must educate them before they appraise me. I will!
My laptop and myself know that what counts in this presentation is not the slides we show, the words we use, or the jokes we tell. We know that it is the education that counts. We will educate!
My laptop is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strengths, its parts, its accessories, its screen and its keyboard. I will ever guard it against the ravages of travel and damage as I will ever guard my legs, my arms, my eyes and my heart against damage. I will keep my laptop patched and ready. We will become part of each other. We will!
Before God I swear this creed. My laptop and myself are the educators of our audience. We are the masters of our technology. We are the saviours of my presentation... So be it, until education is ours and there is no more audience, but education!
With a hat tip to the
Rifleman's Creed.