Japanese People Loooove Robots

Along with baseball, beer, and churlish design criticism, readers should now count robots among the principal subjects of this page. It seems we are on the verge of a robot revolution, and I intend to have a front row seat.

Another great fan of robots, "Baby" Gopal Vemuri of Port Washington, New York, successfully reached his commencement yesterday, and just four years after matriculating, no less. It is hard to say whose surprise was more dramatic – Gopal's, or that of the numerous onlookers who gathered over the weekend to document the rite of passage for themselves.

Gopal means "cow protector" in Sanskrit, but I’ve never seen him defending anything besides cigarettes and beer. On Saturday, I awoke to the comforting sound of Gopal's voice as he opined, "[Mister Sketchee], reunions is just an institutionalized bender."

How right he was. Congratulations, Gopal, and rest of the class of 2005. May you have many, many robots.