This might be in the next mini tale. Might not. Either way, it’s too good not to share.
(Simon tries to make Alvin narrow his scope so he can make a lot progress on one thing instead of a tiny bit of progress on multiple things.)
ALVIN 2.0: Okay, whatever this dart lands on, that’s the branch of physics I’m going to study!
(Alvin throws the dart across the room towards the dart board of different physics majors listed)
(The dart veers off course and hits his dad)
SIMON: Apparently, you’ll be studying the physics of Dave.
DAVE: (pulling the suction dart off his head) Alvinnn!
ALVIN 2.0: My bad! I’m trying to do the impossible, but it kinda seems like it’s still impossible…
DAVE: I don’t know what that means.
THEODORE: He’s trying to…uhh…narrow down his physics stuff to one field of study, cuz he realized it’s the only way he’ll make progress and become a famous scientist like Simon.
ALVIN 2.0: But I CAN’T CHOOSE! It’s all so exciting! I want to study everything!
SIMON: (hands him another dart) Remember, it’s not that you can’t dedicate a little focus to other topics, we just want you to have one that’s a MAIN focus.
ALVIN 2.0: And then I can win a Nobel Prize and finally tell all my fans I’m Alvin 2.0 now…instead of just hinting at it?
SIMON: One battle at a time, Alvin.
ALVIN 2.0: (throws the dart again and it misses the dartboard by a tiny margin and sticks to the wall.) Oh, come on!
DAVE: Maybe you should just flip a coin.
THEODORE: Or roll one of those funny shaped nerd dice! (He means a D-20)
ALVIN 2.0: (groans)