A New Ceiling
When I was little I used to play with
Tinkertoys.
One day I was looking up
at the ceiling and decided I wanted to
touch it.
So, I started assembling the long pieces
and the wooden knobs together into a long
stick. The thing grew longer and longer
as I worked. Periodicity, I would raise it up to see
how much higher I would need to go.
Eventually, I did it.
My victory was hailed with a resounding poke.
I was smiling and laughing at my triumphant victory.
I was able to touch something I could never
reach with my own hands.
Pretty soon my mother swarmed in to see
what all the racket was about. She quickly
stopped my endeavors.
...
In a lot of ways I'm still that kid.
Only, now I reach with computers, microcontrollers, machinery,
media and mathematics.
Same old game, only now the ceiling is a bit
further away and there's no one to rush in
and stop me from reaching the impossible.
If you get too close to anything, the government could still show up and stop you.
http://maps.google.com/maps/mpl?moduleurl=http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/mapplets/elections/2008/us-voter-info/us-voter-info.xml
Hillery took the computer to look up how to find your polling place and you were off before she found it. Go to this link and you can put in your address. Hillery says hi. We’re going to La Canada for Thanksgiving, will you be there?
Z
The cartoon is OUTSTANDING!
I think my exact words were: “NO TINKERTOYS ON THE CEILING.” As I remember, he was precariously close to the ceiling fan.
I also said: “DON’T LICK THE WINDOW” and “DON’T STAND ON LETTUCE” and while that might seem to be a bit of an annoyance and a possible hinderance to creativity… if no one licked your windows today, thank a Mom. : )