This little tale had me in tears!
On a side note, I know exactly the feeling this poor bastard had when the blimp "attacked" him in his sleep. I had a desk lamp pull the same sinister attack on me. I had fallen asleep with the lamp just above my head at arms length. As the night wore on, the evil forces of gravity brought the lamp slowly closer and closer to my face. When I opened my eyes, my vision was completely dominated by this huge white circle with a large bulbous object residing in it's center just inches away from my face! I, too, let out the same kind of war cry and felt my heart hit the same cadance that he must have felt. When the fog of "fight or flight" had lifted, I had to laugh at myself for having reacted as I did.
I still curse that lamp.
