Tangled Webs

Oh what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
Sir Walter Scott, Marmion, Canto vi. Stanza 17.
Scottish author & novelist (1771 - 1832)

"Touche"...Sir Walter Scott has the angle on human nature when the aim is deceit. But what if weaving tangled webs is actually more about our NATURE than the character quality of deceit? Period. Weaving tangled webs serves all of our human purposes, not just those of deceit. I have been intrigued by the wave of social networking in our recent internet realities. If this interests you also...if you like to peek in a window of the nature of humankind and what we are hungry for...then take the time to read this article revealing what MYSPACE.COM tells us about ourselves.
Facinating. Even if you don't read the article, thanks for stepping out on a thread of my web.

Creativity in Computer Software Design

I'm not really well versed in technology. But I can appreciate ideas that seem to take what is most natural about our lives and transform them creatively into technological realities. I was mezmorized by this 6 minute clip showing a new organization program for computers. The program is called BUMPTOP and you can see its prototype at work if you click the link I've provided. Brilliant!

PS---I suggest you check out the longer version of the video clip...the 20 second "Hip Hop" version is simply distracting. Creative minds on overload!

A Tribute To My Java Junkie Friends

To every person who extolls the wonder of a morning cup of coffee...please check out the latest Folgers Coffee commercial made just for you!

Remember...."you can sleep when you are dead!"

Holy Home Theater, Batman!!!

Looking for a home theater set-up? Look no further! It's a BATCAVE HOME THEATER! Seems kinda damp to me...

Noah's Wife Addresses the Department of Interior

Here's a poem I came across the other day in an assigned reading for a graduate class I'm taking this summer. I got a kick out of it and thought it was time to share a poem. This one is from a Nebraska (don't hold that against her...) writer named Grace Bauer. Check her other works out at this web site.

NOAH'S WIFE ADDRESSES THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

Birds, though they sing
sweetly, can be hell
when cramped in cages.

Cats of all kinds
do not take well to boats.

All primates stink
albeit they are clever.
Giraffes are a pain
in the neck to feed.
Try it once, you'll see.

Chickens are dumb
and geese are mean.
Swans are not always graceful.

Bears are loners. Wolves
stick with their kind,
though elephants warm up
to strangers rather fast.

The snakes weren't half
as bad as I'd imagined.
Rats--though they, too, have
their place--most decidedly were.

The insects, I got used to,
though at first I forgot
and swatted a few. Lizards
are more tempermental
than turtles. Pigs make better
housemates than gazelles.

Now that we just have
a dog and a couple of goldfish,
the place seems kind of empty.
There's nothing to pet.

Of the whole menagerie,
I'd say I miss the zebras most.
One dove still visits
twice a year, though
considering the state
of affairs thses days,
he is often a bit depressed.

When I think of what we
went through trying to keep
that whole damned zoo afloat--
the times I sat up all night
with a homesick horse, the time
all the deer and elk came
down with the croup

Of course, when the rainbow
arced new hope on the horizon,
I realized it had all been worthwhile.

But now, when I see
what we managed to save progress

Well, if I wasn't a God-fearing
woman, I swear, some days
I'd start praying for rain.

Grace Bauer, 1992, Noah's Wife Addresses The Deparment of Interior, Frontiers: A Journal of Women's Studies, XIII(1), 167-168.

Ipad...Ipod

Ok...hokey title. I just was sitting here debating over which topic to blog about...my new "pad" (i.e. home, residence, place I live) or the amazingly cool Ipod case I just purchased. I will have lots to say about the concept of home, life, etc. in the coming months, so I think I will post about the Ipod case! Side note. The fact that I am enjoying aspects of life, even the small aspects, is in large part due to the new living arrangements. So, actually, to speak of new Ipod cases IS to speak of the Ipad too!

Alright already! I'll tell you about the Ipod case. Go to IFROGZ.COM and start having fun designing! You can see the one I created and purchased right here! Idesigned it with THE SNOW CONE LADY motif in mind...this is why the snowflake was chosen. Anyway, makes me want to own a whole bunch of Ipods and dress them up! Kind of like the BARBIE for the 21st century! Enjoy!