Emarik Blog

Day one aboard the International Space Station started off promisingly. I waved professionally to Earth, as if she'd personally waved me goodbye. "Just relax," I said solemnly, "I'll keep an eye on things here."The first thing I noticed? Everything was floating. Absolutely everything. My pen, my notebook… and, unfortunately, my dignity too.Breakfas...

There we were. Thumbs up. Space boots neatly dusted off. Backpacks filled with moon rocks (souvenirs have to be paid for somehow). And for us? An endless, silent expanse of gray dust."A shuttle will surely pass by," you said optimistically.You said the same thing three hours ago.On Earth, hitchhiking is simple. You stand by the road, look pitiful e...

In the year 2042, marrying a robot was still something that made people raise their eyebrows. But for Lena, it was the most normal thing in the world.She had met AR-7, her robot partner, three years earlier. Not on a dating app, but in a repair shop for household robots. Lena worked there as a technician. On a rainy Monday, a research institute cam...

Once upon a time, there were three little goats: (why always piglets?)- Gert the Goat – smart, reads encyclopedias.- Gina the Goat – creative, builds everything with glitter and glue.- Gust the Goat – lazy, professional grass taster.They each decided to build their own little house because they had heard there was a big bad wolf on the loose w...

"My goodness, installing electricity was easy in the '60s!" you say, standing with a screwdriver in your hand and half a kilometer of cable around your neck as if it were the latest winter collection from Maison Kortsluiting.Back then, you only needed three things:- A screwdriver.- A roll of electrical tape.- A healthy dose of optimism.Plans? Those...

🧇 Belgium: Waffle wins pancake disputeIn Brussels, a waffle officially defeated a pancake today in a friendly "Who's tastier?" contest.The pancake responded sportingly: "I'll remain popular on Sunday mornings."Experts call this a breakthrough for national cohesion.🚲 Netherlands: Bicycle bell becomes poeticIn Utrecht, a man discovered that his bicyc...

I'm a miniature of my adult self.Not "a little bit smaller," but Lego-sized.And the worst part? I can't move like my adult self. My adult self walks, jumps, drinks coffee. Me? I can only… fall over wobbly.Day 1: The AwakeningI woke up on a desk next to a giant keyboard key that was bigger than my apartment.My adult self looked at me and said:"Ah, c...

Once upon a time, a couple began a special chapter in their lives six months ago: retirement. Some call it "stopping work," but they soon discovered it actually meant finally having time to live. 😊The first few weeks were a bit strange. The alarm clock glared at them reproachfully from the bedroom every morning."Shouldn't we get up?" the alarm cloc...

Once upon a time, in a forest where the Wi-Fi worked surprisingly well, there lived a girl with a red hood. Her name was Little Red Riding Hood, and she had a dream: to win the Fairy Tale Song Contest.But there was a problem. Her biggest rival was Heidi from Tyrol, known for her yodels that could break glass and her accordion that even made mountai...

To the Most Charming Miss Gearsworth,Inhabitant of House Number 17, Cog Street,City of Plumes and Unexplained InventionsMy dear and mechanically admired Miss,May this letter reach you before the stagecoach explodes (which happens more often these days than the brochures admit). I am writing from my workshop, where my latest invention—a self-ironing...