the buzz about buzz

Ha!! I bet you thought I was going to jump in and join the sadness that is all commentary re dear uncle President Zuma. It is enough to say that I,  like most am disappointed, more than that, I am betrayed. As a polygamist with 8 wives, it has been quite painful to have to see the “I-told-you-so” glee of the monogamist sect. Their vindication of the backwardness, the abusiveness and downright wrongness of the idea of simultaneous love of many has shaken me. My good fortune is that as a chicken, the paradigm is still firmly routed in polygamy.

No, the buzz I am referring to here has nothing to do with politics and other peoples c** stained laundry. The buzz is technology, yup, Google Buzz. I haven’t even tried it out yet. What I wanted to talk about here is the way technology has become like a celebrity in itself. Everybody knows that technological visionaries like of course,  Steve Jobs,  have for a long time held rock star status within the geekeratti- but when the tech outfit has no one with quite that charm, their products jump into the limelight. So it is with Google. You’ve got to love brainyness to find the guys at the helm of that outfit charming but boy do they bring out drool worthy tech.

What’s more, their way of releasing software in dribs and drabs to selected audiences glued to the Interwebs is not much unlike the lines of people queuing outside Apple stores for the next blessing from Jobs. The only difference is that it is like queuing outside of the latest night club on a cold, wet and miserable winter’s night. Why? Because Google chooses who gets to play with their new wonder toy. Google picks you out of the miserable crowd, walks you down the snaking line and walks you through the gates of coolness. You feel like so special dude, those guys at Google chose me…. ME!! Does that mean I’m cool? Have they been investigating my surfing habits and picked me amongst all these googles of people? I’m sure there are people gagging to know their algorithm for choosing who gets to use their new software gadget. It’s probably right up there with PageRank.

Wow!! I must think of something really terrible to say on my first buzz post. What will it be called… buzzing?

5 things to thwart cabin fever

When weather is terrible and I’m stuck indoors, I peer wistfully outdoors.

To avoid slitting my wrists in anguish I veer towards the flippant and thus is born another X things series. Please share your winter cabin fever busters, here are mine.

1. Tuck into some Lindt chocolate. My favourite flavours are chilli, mint and the plain old original. I would advise you stock up, this weather is supposed to be with us this whole working week.
2. Go to your nearest reputable vegetable shop and get some crystallised ginger. I like to think of this as a healthy snack, I’m sure there’s a lobby group somewhere trying to make it a staple diet for growing young things. Failing that try a little bit of cinnamon in your morning muesli. The 2 are excellent at amongst other things keeping blood circulation strong. The by-product of this is of course a warm body, from inside out.
3. Make or buy soup. Making it is of course much better and nutritious and provides you with an activity that can be very Zen, cooking. If the thought of leaving the heater/fire that you have sworn is to be your new home is too much to bare, try packet/tinned soup. You can always doctor the generic concoction with some creative additions of your own. Don’t go powder if you can avoid, I think that is doing your body a disservice. In this sort of weather, it’s important to keep your body running at it’s optimum. Too many nutrition short-cuts will have it run-down and you heading for bed, not that that is a bad thing mind.
4. Hot-water bottle. I’ve heard some disdainful ‘electric blanket’ mutterings when I have broached this delicate subject. As if hot-water bottles belonged to another era. Some helpful people have suggested the new microwave bed-warmer thingamajigs (do they have a name??). But I’m afraid of electric blankets and having tried the microwave warmers am convinced that hot-water bottles are supreme for their simplicity and ability to retain heat all through the night. I just love the way you can direct them to ‘problem’ areas, like the feet, the hands, the lower back. They are like those elite army commandos.
5. Oh dear. I’m getting scathing looks but I have not forgotten. Snuggling!! Yes, when you have 3 beautiful, feathered lovelies, there’s nothing like a good snuggle. I left this till last cause I know this is not everyone’s good fortune. I know there are the other 3 girls but they don’t actually sleep with the rest of us. I’m working on this, it really isn’t right that The Ballerina, Hope and Nonyana have not become a part of the harem. If I ever get the chance to speak to the President, this is one of the things I would love to discuss – polygamous matrimonial dynamics.

Alas, the wind is howling outside. How I’m going to drag myself out of bed, onto the yoga mat and off to work tomorrow morning is another matter all together. I think a slab of chocolate will help me think this one through.

tricks

Inauguration pic taken from the BBC

After advising many on the tricks to getting their blog up and running, it looks like I’m going to have to go and read all those emails. Stamina and focus…. Will I manage? After watching our Presedential Inauguration, the one thing I took away from the drone of long winded speeches is that stamina can lead ultimately to success. Our new President Zuma, like him or not, has shown how through dogged determination no obstacle is insurmountable.

On top of all of that, I am most inspired by  his unabashed promotion of his polygamous ways. Having several wives myself, it’s good to draw from such a fine example of matrimonial success.

It’s been a blast, but I should save some gunpowder for tomorrow. Scrabulous awaits!!