possible quotes for journals

Bad artists always admire each others work
-Oscar Wilde

Trying is the first step towards failure
-Homer Simpson

Time Flies like an arrow. Fruit Flies like a banana
-Groucho Marx

A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money
-WC Fields

Don’t let schooling interfere with your education
-Mark Twain

Why ruin a good story with the truth?
-Woody Allen

One man gathers what another man spills
-Jerry Garcia

the fair – synched from the palm.

2001/11/24 – 11:09:33 – Arrived at the fair. Discovered it doesn’t open until noon. Carny-folk living up to the stereotype… drunken bikers and temp hired hoboes seem to be the rule, with the occasional retiree working in the ticket box, which they wouldn’t open to sell me an entry pass yet, so I’m standing in the parking lot, looking at the trailer for the broward county sheriff’s mobile command post. They look ready for anything…two large vans, five golf carts, and who knows what inside the 16 wheeler… not tomention the buckets of police cruisers all ove rthe place. Other sights include the bloodmobile, the pompano racetrack grandstand entrance, tops of some of the larger rides. (single and double ferris wheel, supaloop, giant slide) and the 4-h exhibit tent.

It’s now 11:26:26 – and still no sign of the rest of the gang yet… to be expected, as they’re tardy folk by nature. A mockingbird just landed to my right , head feathers so fine as to look like a fuzzy afro of hair. A few other fairgoers have arrived and the all seem pretty bright-eyed. A mom and dad (I assume) with about six girls in tow, of varying ages, from about 12 down to infant., drinink water by the car…. a middle-aged couple hanging out by the ticket booth… maybe a half dozen migrant workers standing next to the bellsouth “free 10 min long distance call” booth, not yet open. I wonder if they’re going to be telephoning friends back hopme, or just taking advantage of the shade there.

11:36:57 – a lot more folk have arrived, a veritable herd of excited children. 🙂 Lining up at the entrance, the box is still closed… update, got my ticket, and am now waiting for the gates to open up and the gang to arrive. the time is now 11:56:59, light breeze, mostly cloudless sky. getting a little thirsty…can hardly wait for the gate to open so I can grab a lemonade. The cops are now out in full force. Ah! as I write this, there’s Tarpo and Isis now. will return with updates.

Addendum – current time, abut 3:40- had a nice time with them, sis and brother in law and aunt. ride the ferris wheel, fun house, gravitar… had a load of lemonade, and a new (to me anyway) fair food atrocity… Cheese on a stick For you folks that don’t like corn dogs, now they replace the weiner with melted cheese. good, fatty goodness. (I also swiped a few of Rob’s kettle chips).

Today’s Drawn cards –

seven of wandsking of swordsFor my sweetheart –

SEVEN OF WANDS: VALOR — Energy feels itself at last grasp. Struggles. Possible victory. Obstacles and difficulties yet courage to meet them. Victory in small things. May indicate discussions, wordy strife. Additionally, it may signify success. (I hope it means the success and victory side, certainly. 🙂 )

And for myself –

KING OF SWORDS — Represents the fiery part of Air. A man, active, skillful and clever, fierce, delicate and courageous but often unreflective. Power, authority, militant intelligence. Indicates good advice, determination, productivity and caution. (Hmm.. not sure what to make of that. I’ll reflect on it a bit more as I get ready for the fair.)

Today's Drawn cards –

seven of wandsking of swordsFor my sweetheart –

SEVEN OF WANDS: VALOR — Energy feels itself at last grasp. Struggles. Possible victory. Obstacles and difficulties yet courage to meet them. Victory in small things. May indicate discussions, wordy strife. Additionally, it may signify success. (I hope it means the success and victory side, certainly. 🙂 )

And for myself –

KING OF SWORDS — Represents the fiery part of Air. A man, active, skillful and clever, fierce, delicate and courageous but often unreflective. Power, authority, militant intelligence. Indicates good advice, determination, productivity and caution. (Hmm.. not sure what to make of that. I’ll reflect on it a bit more as I get ready for the fair.)

Up and at ’em!

Off to the fair with and this morning… They’re bringing her sister and brother-in-law, and I’ll be taking my sweetie along (in spirit). 🙂 It’s been a while since I’ve been to one… I think it’ll be fun.

Got together with my little brother yesterday…had a nice time gabbing with him…got a bite to eat and just sort of shot the breeze. (we missed seeing each other at thanksgiving.)

I could not disagree with Alan Cooper any more on his advice to Microsoft to dump the browser. His reasoning is that browsers are like remote interfaces to distant server-based applications… and that this is somehow a bad thing. That’s precisely the thing I love most about the web. If I program my app correctly, I don’t have to worry about different platforms or different versions of an operating system. Ganted, web-based apps aren’t right for everything, but they’re perfect for a huge chunk of the things that people need to do on computers these days. Could you imagine if Travelocity wanted you to use some custom application to interface with their sales engine? Or if you had to have eBay‘s client on your computer in order to participate in an auction? Heck, web-based email alone is a great example of the goodness of the browser.

Anyhoo… Hope everyone has a lovely day, and I’ll get back to y’all later.