Prior to starting this blog, I could quite literally spend hours poking around the internet. Some random thought would bring me to a garden supply web site, Ebay's Tommy Bahama Golf shirt offerings, the upcoming class schedule at a gym I will not join, or the perfect crock pot meal for tomorrow's dinner and then I would be off... Garden tools remind me of other housewares, then I am searching for cute new living room looks and my, that might be a nice present for Aunt Ann.... well you get the idea. These puerility driven inquiries could occupy me endlessly. This is no longer the case. Now I'm compelled by my task at hand. I need to be preparing for the post on joy, serenity. I don't have time for trivial inquiry!
Thankfully inquiry week has come along to hoist me from the doldrum my study was becoming! My new process, while quite valid considering my endeavor to provide new content and musings on the topic at hand, has kept me from enjoying the serendipty of random flow. My former meanderings were not usually time efficient but they provided unexpected discoveries that often delighted me. I feel smarter because I know that only 3% of Americans consider themselves atheists, low flow shower heads save an average of 12 gallons of water per shower(!), and more then 300 million people use facebook. I am a better parent because of the tips and stories I read in obscure blogs, parenting sites and my friends' posts. I feel aware of current events because I glance at the daily Yahoo news scroll, catch a glimpse of some politico's rant or watch a Daily Show clip. I am thrilled to read advertisements that tell me my chronic internet addiction will help to keep my aging brain from withering in old age and can't imagine a day without a little jaunt around the ether. Heck I might have missed these important finds!
Grandmother Fights Bear With Pillow
80 Million Tiny Images of all the nouns in English language
8 Things Disney Parks Have Banned
How to cultivate mad-hot creative flow
Will Humans' Brains Change During Travel in Outer Space?
Man Dressed As Breathalyser Arrested For Drink-Driving
Man sues after Axe body spray fails to land him a girlfriend
The 7 Biggest Food Product Duds of All Time
So far I've resisted the urge to compound my internet affliction with a hand held device so my aimless inquiries have been limited to those times when Jessie is napping or otherwise occupied at home. However, I watch my friend Efsun's finger flick scroll of her iphone while at the playground and Rob's androided (is this a word yet?) Yelp queries in shopping mall parking lots and I am desirous. I imagine finding out if the berry Jessie ingested is not poisenous with certainty rather then with the hope that poisenous bushes aren't planted on playgrounds. I envision sharing the name and location of "that great trampoline place" (Sky High Sports) when chatting about it with other eager moms. I would find the closest specialty baking shop quickly and be able to procure black licorice legs for spider cookies and return home before the nap witching hour with ease. Whew, now that I've considered it a bit more, I am positively itchy to give it a try! Perhaps the once hip flip phone in my pocket concedes replacement after all.
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My 13 bliss virtues: joy, order, creativity, passion, whimsy, serenity, inquiry, community, romance, gratitude, moxie, humility, surprise
You are a really good writer! Thanks for sharing. I am coveting another device, but don't want to give up my keyboard.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jaye. I've heard the new DROID from Google will have it all... eventually. Europe is getting the touch pad at first release and the keyboard comes with all models. Might just have to wait a bit longer!!
ReplyDeleteCorrection: Motorola Droid featuring Google --- Google not in phone biz but certainly behind development!
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