Impersonating Indiana Jones

In my side project of trying to understand Paxos (and variations thereof) on an intuitive level, I came across this piece which describes how Mr. Lamport tried to instill enthusiasm in his students by dressing up as Mr. Jones to describe the fictional Paxon protocol. Unfortunately, he thinks his efforts were in vain (I don't agree).

I don't think I've enjoyed reading any technical papers more than I've enjoyed reading the web of citations connected to The Part-Time Parliament.

I wish more papers used metaphor as a teaching tool -- a wall of dry and condensed text quickly drains my energy.