kirby

kirby sits still

he looks at the rain
he loves it when it rains
but he misses her too

waking up when it is raining

unremitting
soaking
intermittent rolling thunder

there is not much better than lying in bed as the steady drip drips steadily
every sound of a splatter might as well be the note of something classical-
together they sing to me something philharmonic

moleskine

the pages the right tint
the weight feels measured as i hold it

it invites the pen
technology with history

i’ll always have a moleskine
i wish i could type on it

the apprentice

so last night was the start of the new season of the apprentice with donald trump. (the man who gives the winning team a prize of having lunch with him- that’s right... )

i can’t tell you much yet as i don’t even know the contestants’ names, but i can tell you one thing: the man who used the word ‘paramount’ when talking to trump in the boardroom is going to do exceptionally well.

mark my words.

disclaimer: i would go on the net to find his name, but in doing so i would probably see who won and thus spoil the show for myself- please forgive me... i will look out for him next week and catch his name then. a man with his vocabulary and poise will probably be team leader next week ;)

negative faith

i accept it as truth only because i have felt the lie and truth is the only acceptable alternative. call it negative faith if you will. either way it’s something and it beats the lie.

carlsonomics

for anyone who’s interested in learning more about the economy and such things... join me on my travels. looking at basics and also at some complex stuff along the way, carlsonomics aims to give insights into the South African and global markets and how they affect all of us...

http://carlsonomics.blogspot.com/

a few mac things

so for all those mac users out there- this one if for you...

i have decided to temporarily leave my self-pitying poems of no structure and little interest to anyone else. (my main reason for doing this came after checking out all my friends’ notes on facebook- you go do the same. most of them are people feeling sorry for themselves. there are the odd exceptions like a man called brett anderson who writes notes sometimes about other people or about interesting subjects other than himself. but for the most part it’s all hogwash- my posts included... )

but i have discovered a few joyful mac things in the last few weeks that i would like to share:

1. Net News Wire ... a freeware RSS feed reader allowing you to subscribe to multiple RSS feeds and to monitor these feeds by ‘updating’ when you are online. you can automate quite a lot of actions and set it as the default RSS reader for use with firefox etc... http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/internet_utilities/netnewswire.html

2. MacJournal ... a great place to type. It has the full screen option that allows you to feel like a ‘real writer’ when you are having coffee in the local mugg and bean ;-) it has a blog uploader facility that allows you to send your musings to your blog if you have one. Otherwise it is till great for other stuff. http://www.freemacware.com/macjournal

3. Free Mac Ware ... the greatest website showcasing only free downloads (no shareware rubbish that gets your hopes up only to smash them again... http://www.freemacware.com

4. Adium ... oh let me count the ways that i love adium... this is a chat programme that is just great. lots of options but yet very simple. you can add msn, gmail, and even mxit people onto one contact list. http://www.freemacware.com/category/mac-communication-software/

That’s all for now... time to hit the the upload button on the macjournal toolbar...