Cross-Town Signals

So, my friend Tony dropped by the other day. He brought by a collection of his new comic book series "Jack of Fables", which I read in one sitting. Great stuff, I highly reccomend it. Toto (from the wizard of Oz) gets mauled by a tiger in one of the funnier scenes.

So anyway, the real point is that Tony lives in view of our condo from his building. We spent a few minutes while he was over trying to figure out exactly which window belonged to whom.

Tonight, after an exchange of phone calls, we agreed to send a signal at exactly 10:15. I'd flash our living room lights on and off slowly three times, and wait for the counter signal. There's something wierdly compelling about the experience of sending out a secret signal. My wife and I turned out all our lights at the appointed time and flashed the living room track lighting thrice. Behold, a single blinking lamp in the upper right corner of an apartment building across the way. Signal received. Counter signal sent and received. If only we had bothered to think of "sinister phase 2".

We've decided we need to get some Aldus lamps and confuse the hell out of our neighboors. I note that very few of the nearby buildings (if any) are in a position to see *both* the signal and counter signals.