The Infinite Monkey Theorem
Published May 4, 2009 | 
I’ve not posted for a few days simply because I’ve had so many little fires to put out and when they were out I simply wanted to NOT think. Then there is that recurrent voice of the Grinch yelling, “NOISE, NOISE, NOISE”.. I realized that 1000 people can have 1000 important things to say, but if they are saying it all at once it’s hard to pay attention to anyone. Welcome to the Twitter Nation! (or the bastardization of the Infinite Monkey Theorem…)
So it was Friday morning. I’d been off the social media tread mill for a couple days and was just feeling like I could maybe, possibly open Tweetdeck again without have a spasm. I strolled out to my office at about 5am which as you know is a pretty typical morning. I reached over and tapped the mouse on my desk and up came the monitors. Two big screens full of stripes looking something like “Indian” belts from a Wisconsin Dells gift shop. I knew my video was on it’s way out, but on this one, singular, unremarkable Friday before dawn it went native! That lead to a whole array of fun trips and discoveries as buying computer parts usually does. Finding local shops generally have nothing, listening to Best Buy Geek Patrol dudes tell you things that can’t possibly be true, and finally just figuring it all out on your own. By Saturday morning I had perfect sharp video again. Joy!
The downside of computer problems of course is that they are pure stress, even if you are capable of not showing it on the outside. Honestly, if we are willing to admit it, even on their best days computers are time thieves (see Michael Ende). So since kayaking is not always a group activity for kids this time of year, I spent Sunday blending a bit of work research with family time and went out to re-acquaint myself with some local natural areas for the Wisconsin Dells travel website I manage called “WisDells.net” which in time is going totally Outdoor Recreation to counter that crazy water park dells thing that has basically paved over the footsteps of H.H. Bennet. As you know, I tend to find a way to go left when everyone else goes right. Sometimes it works, sometimes I just have to turn around and spend the long walk back alone. We’ll see. I can just see all my current advertisers slipping away!!
Of course after spending a whole day out exploring our natural world it must have been the universe seeking balance that led someone to hack my website dedicated to a popular Wisconsin State Park, DevilsLakeWisconsin.com, to exact punishment on the governments of US & Israel. Don’t ask me how that all works. You know, I never hear about anyone wanting to exact vengeance on Scotland!
Happy Monday.
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