Mac Attack

And now, this erstwhile Windows user has joined the forces of the Appleheads and has moved to the MacBook Pro. Probably time for a MacWin blog on the virtues of the MacTel over the WinTel, learning curve notwithstanding...

Wanderings

It's been a dozen days since I visited Blogsville. In the interim I've been musing on words and their true meaning.

For example:
Dismayed adj. - the emotion experienced when the maid quits
Metrosexual n. - 1. a person who gets turned on by trains; 2. one who likes doing it on trains (see "mile-high club" for other such junkies)
Broad gauge n. - Preferred by metrosexuals

Socratic thinking, Aristotelian logic

Size matters. Size doesn't matter. Which is the phallusy?

Hands on

Started the new financial year by completing a 1000-piece jigsaw of "Drawing Hands" by M.C. Escher.

The sense of accomplishment derived from completing a large, intricate jigsaw of a great painting is the closest that an art lover with a complete absence of talent will ever get to being a painter. And the intimate relationship that one enters into with every minute detail of the painting while figuring out which piece goes where is incredibly rewarding.

This is the latest in a series that has already encompassed the Mona Lisa, Michelangelo's masterpieces on the Sistine Chapel ceiling and altar wall and is scheduled to include three more Escher works and five Van Goghs.