Sayonara 2012

Over the Christmas, we have a opportunity to pause and take a breath on what has personally be a hectic year. Returning to college and more to that point getting through it and coming out the other side with my family still by my side and a wonderful new group that I can call my friends. What stuck me as most amazing is just how much technology is starting to penetrate all our lives, even those who would always say 'I can't' when it comes to technology. 

If one can see past the recent tragedy in Connecticut and the shooting by barbarians of a 14year old girl in Pakistan, statically the world is a better place (It always amazes me that is the western world is so corrupt why do so many who criticises our regimes flock to them each year). The answer is of course 'freedom' and as much as we criticize our american cousins, they do epitomise what a lot of the world would like. I still reckon that the funds spent on munitions in Afghanistan on bombs and bullets were exchanged for a big screen tv and a Toyota land cruiser each. you might get the literacy rate above 30%!!!

My questions for 2013 are will smartphones make us smarter? is the world economy on the mend? Did we learn anything from the mistakes of the past?? In our 'great little' country, no one as yet has been called to task to answer for the 'economy treason' perpetrated on our nation. I personally think that paddy phoenix is rising but I fear that we will just have more of the same, same scumbags with their finger on the pulses over here.

That said as I head on into my fifth decade my appetite for dissent has waned, may it the kids or perish though that Im getting on in years. The world is still as wonderful a place as when we first crawled out of the water and stood upright. You may or may not agree with the links below but have and opinion that is the one thing that they can never refuse us,

To quote the great Eddie Murphy, Merry New Year and don't sweat the 13 year thing, another old wives tale!!!

http://mashable.com/2012/11/30/top-25-tech-of-2012/
http://forumblog.org/2012/02/the-2012-top-10-emerging-technologies/
http://www.youtube.com/brusspup

My Mum, The Ninja

At half past six while the whole world sleeps,
from out of bed, he yawns then he leaps.

Gathering his wares and then on he will go,
with the bedlam and grace of a wild buffalo.

Into the shower that's far from not warm,
with all of the fanfare from a tropical storm.

Drying himself and yet still in a hurry,
knocking all down akin to a lorry.

Dressing is next, putting on all of his clothes,
descending the stairs for his coffee he goes.

Tiptoeing down with all of his charm,
now for the hard bit, the dreaded alarm!!!

Silence is golden, a wise man once said,
praying the family stay asleep in thier bed.

Key in the numbers, wow!!! that's awful loud,
more than enough to awaken a crowd.

Oh no! he thought...but maybe, it's not,
that definately sounds like a noise from the cot.

Heavens to Murgatroyd, it surely can't be,
in a flash, up the stairs to the cry of "Daddy".

While the other shift is a different story.
unlike Daddy's descent its not quite as gory.

Last night her uniform was already laid out,
Not a bellow, a whisper, much less a shout.

Fleeting like a fairy, in not so much space,
teeth, then hands, then washing her face.

Uniform on, then her shoes and her socks,
No bang, no peep nor a murmur, she rocks!!!

With all of the grace of Tinkerbell fairy,
Daddy should learn how she does it is scary.

But then there's a squeak from inside the house,
but the culprit I know is the resident mouse.

So we're all still asleep, not a stir or a mutter,
as she negotiaties her way down through all of our clutter.

She's down the stairs and way out of the door,
while my sister and I are still in a snore.

Now hold it, Dad thought as he rolled in his bed,
How does she do it? 'Unbelieveable' he said.

My Mom is the greatest, if things don't work out,
she could be a ninja, she'd be in with a shout!