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On Twitter today, Lance Walter asked me to go into the Ark Business with him, and Gareth Greenaway asked for entertainment. It must be a rainy Friday afternoon

I'm not sure about Lance's offer, but I did tell Gareth the following story, from tweet-start to tweet-end. This isn't word for word as I tweeted. 'Tis a bit expanded, but the tale is the same.

Once upon a time there was a young penguin named Tux. Tux decided to set off on a journey through IT Land. Now IT Land is a dangerous place, full of hackers fighting crackers, and ruled by those in the Ivory Tower and the acolytes of the Megaliths.

Along the way, the adventurous Tux met the Dolphin, the Elephant and the Beekeeper. They made a pact on the Lucid glyph to become a Dynamo of IT, bringing power to the datasmiths of the Land.

They met many Titans from the Megaliths on their Quest. The Beekeeper used the open source bees to open the scrum along the way, blocking the hookers with their sharp claws.

Some of the Titans were helpful, some, not so much.

The Dolphin was empowered by the Sun. But the Sun was consumed by a powerful Oracle. The Elephant, too, gained a powerful ally, and they do Enterprise against the Oracle. The band of the Quest was broken, and Tux was sad.

The Era of Lucid thought ended, but the Dynamo yet powers the Lucid Glyph, and Tux can rely on the Dynamo and the Beekeeper to predict a future clear of the Oracle.

And thus this quest ends, but another soon begins, where Tux will meet new friends and new foes. Will Beastie and the dæmons be allies? Will the Paladin in the Red Hat be stalwart?

Perhaps we'll find out at OSCON, for Gareth suggested that an assemblage of geeks would enjoy this story, and we'll see if OSCON thinks our tales worthy of a keynote slot in 2010.

Do you recognize all the characters in this tale? Maybe the links will help.

What say you, OSCON? Would these tales make a worthy Keynote?