They really should have a thingamabob that does this!

How do inventors come up with their ideas? Is it a lack of something and genius strikes in a moment of pure frustration? Or do certain people sit and observe and plot to come up with a object or service that will take over and occupy a permanent spot in our lives?

The inventor of Velcro, Swiss outdoor enthusiast George de Mestral, was out walking his dog and upon coming home, discovered he was covered with burs. His Aha! moment came as he took those little sticky burs off the dog's fur. Though met with initial scorn and derision, velcro has obviously come to stay.

So what do you have cooking in the back of your minds? What object or service do you think would take off and make you rich and famous? When it does, don't forget it all started here in the convergenzone and mail your poor ol' English teacher one of those royalty checks.

Roses are Red, Violets are Blue

Everyone's a poet
Even if they don't know it
("Stop rhyming, I mean it!"
"Would anyone like a peanut?")

Kudos to you if you get the allusion.

Music and poetry, the refuge of the busy. Blog #4 has us putting our favorite song or poem online and applying a critical eye to them. Using "The Method" of analysis from class, we looked at our text with an eye for repetitions, strands, and binaries. Picking the most significant of those, we wrote a bit on what the poem/song might be saying and what it says to us. Enjoy our collective jukebox.