signal: A Goblin Content Analysis

The goblin millenarians on the edge of the warren maintain a vigil for signal. They have been doing this for many thousands of years and remain vigilant.

A goblin once tried to steal signal. No one knows how the attempt went, because signal was never the same after that. Some say the goblin succeeded and has been hiding signal in a sock drawer ever since. Others say signal escaped and is now hiding from the goblin. Both are equally plausible.

Goblin Tangent: digital

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about digital. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of mill

mill pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

The Goblin Verdict on signal

The goblin investigative committee on signal has issued its final report. The cover is leather. The body is blank. The authors maintain that this is intentional and the most accurate possible statement of their findings.