Fade into a bad dream

Fade into a bad dream, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.

The folds of her mind had become a maze,
and endless loop of yesterdays...
unable to seperate fact from fiction,
fully tasked with simple decisions... 
at a loss for words and names,
paranoia the daily game...
all is not as it seems,
as life fades into a bad dream....

all she has left

all she has left, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.

Yesterday was one of the most uneventful Independence Days in years. It was so overcast all day, that we ended up seeing never any sunshine.

The was scarcely a soul around, and no indication of any type of celebration.  I guess folks just aren't feeling that festive, can't say I blame them.

Who wants to dwell on the loss of freedom? 

Ready to blow

Ready to blow, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.

In our imaginations we're free,
but those thoughts aren't reality,
we've all but given away our liberty,
to live in fear and misery...

An open letter to Google

Dear Google:

I was devastated to learn that you're getting rid of iGoogle, actually more than devastated, I feel betrayed.

I'm not blaming you for wanting to focus on products that generate revenue for you, that's what you're in business to do.

It's just that losing iGoogle is a huge blow to many of us who are locked in cubicles and have very little, if any, control over the computing environments we work in.

Our desktops are locked down.  We don't have any say over what software we use or what browsers.  Chrome?  Firefox?  No way!  Try IE7, and Office 2003 running on XP service pack 2... Nope, I'm not kidding.

Watch a YouTube video, even ones that are work related?  Nope... Have to do that on my iPhone.

iGoogle is my connection to the outside world.  It allows me a small slice of individuality, and lets me in a small fashion feel that there's world beyond my cubicle walls (which I call 3:00 A.M. Iowa, because I don't know if it is day or night, sunny or rainy, you'd never know I was steps away from the California coast).

My beloved iGoogle has been a lifeline to me, and I'm sure to many others as well.

From my iGoogle home page I can get my gmail, the weather outside, the time of day, news (how do you think I found out you were killing my beloved iGoolge?), tide information, find out when the sunsets, my calendar, etc.  iGoogle gives me access to things important to me, and to many others.  It is one of the only ways to break free from group think lowest common denominator work environments.

There are thousands of us in this situation, and we have no other options.

It pains me to no end to find out that iGoogle is going away.

It's like hearing your best friend has cancer and only months to live.

Is there any small chance to keep iGoogle around?

Connection Failed

Connection Failed, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.

It happens everyday,
we reach out and fail...
there's no one to hear
all the things we have to say...

Scribe by trade

Scribe by trade, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.

Leveling this thumb to get out of an impossible night.

Tired....

Caught in the rain, trying to get home and warm away the stiffness that sets-in from the cold.  Roy's troubles were only just beginning...

Hitting the shower

Hitting the shower, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.

The temperature slowly rose
the water ran from face to toes
slowly I begin to melt
sliding down the drain
with the warm morning rain
refreshing is how it felt
giving strength to slowly rise
opening eyes
pushing thru the door
finishing the day before