Through no fault of your own, I have ignored you. I’m sure you must feel left out in the cold as it was during the coldest months in MI when I stopped posting regularly. Please accept my sincerest apologies, I truly had not meant to go this long with out saying interesting things on a semi-regular basis. I feel like I should offer excuses that involve my wasted time at other online forums, TV watching and other things but I won’t. I’ll quietly accept responsibility and get back to thinking brilliant things on which to post.

Sincerely sorry,

I’m sure many of you have seen the new commercial where the new Mac is so thin, that it fits nicely into a manila envelope, maybe 8.5×11 inches. It’s not important enough for me to look up the stats, only to reference the tv ad. There is an eerie tune that plays under the commercial, we hear the lyrics repeated again and again:

I’m a new soul
I came to this strange world
Hoping I could learn a bit bout how to give and take

I heard somewhere that the lyrics weren’t written for the commercial, but were part of a longer song. I finally heard the whole song Thursday night on one of the NBC lateshows. The artist, Yael Naim, has an unusual style of singing. I don’t think I could listen day in and day out, but I like the song. YouTube seems to have a lot of clips of the song, feel free hop over there and search for New Soul, by Yael Naim. I had to laugh when I finally heard all the lyrics, especially the rest of the first part that I posted above.

Hoping I could learn a bit bout how to give and take
But since I came here, felt the joy and the fear
Finding myself making every possible mistake

Apple is not known for wanting to learn how to give and take with anyone. They have kept their architecture private and are strict about licensing others to manufacture it. It’s not always a bad thing. Apple can control quality of parts, but they artificially keep the prices extremely high in comparison to PC choices by limiting it.

Back to my original point, I especially enjoyed the last line about mistakes. How true it is, how true it is. For those of you that read my blog from a Mac, yes I know you are out there, you know me better than to be criticizing your choice. It’s not the choice that I would make. I am currently running an XP box, but am also downloading the newest UbuntuStudio to reinstall. I say whatever works, just be honest in your advertising about how your product will actually perform and how much it will cost to have the fruit emblazened on the lid.

While knitting over the last few weeks, I’ve been listening to music, watching movies and tv series on dvd. Here are some of my favorites:

“He’s gonna play the maracas because he’s got hands.” -Larry

“See, I’m ringing the bells just as the song suggests!” -Archibald

“And I’ve come to … step on your chickens! And soil your quilts!” -The Viking

“Nobody messes with Santa! You know that don’t you!? You’ve been very naughty! And I’ve got a list!” -Santa

“A meteor three times the size earth is heading towards us on a collision course that will result in the extinction of all life on this planet. This just in, no it’s not.” DNN Reporter on the series opener of Dinosaurs

“Am I in the story yet? Am I in the story yet?” “I’m going to bite you now.” Baby Dinosaur

I love that I am knitting while watching Dinsosaurs Season One, Episode One where we learn about how the family works and Mama is knitting something in light green for the coming baby.

“Hi, I’m the brand new baby, just out. Gotta love me” Baby Dinosaur

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added March, 17, 2008
disney is the only people trap operated by a mouse

I’ve been so busy trying to chronicle Africa and the Honeymoon that I haven’t done much about the daily things.

Jason and I both have library cards after a visit to RC and BR libraries. We’ve checked out our first few books. Our attempt it to visit at least twice a month, on Sat. if we can.

So, the furries and I had some excitement this afternoon, I’m not sure there was a clear-cut winner. LG and Daisy started it, I didn’t see it start, but Duke (P Kitty) joined in and wouldn’t stop, so Z needed to defend LG and went after Daisy. Z is funny, he won’t start something, but if he thinks someone needs to be defended, he joins in. So in the last battle, he launched himself and tried to land on Daisy’s head. I sent Daisy’s outside, LG ran downstairs down stairs, Z prowled around looking for something to fight and Duke (P Kitty) was sent to her room. Now Z is prowling around trying to hiss at Daisy, Duke won’t calm down and LG is still hiding somewhere.