Thursday, January 4, 2007

The Short Answer: Response to a Coffee Cup

The Starbucks cups have a series of quotes called "The Way I See It," printed on them. I saw one on a prof's coffee cup and then found the whole lot of them online. I read the new ones from time to time. Today I was struck by one of the quotes and felt the need to answer the question in it. I will try to spend more time in reflection and composition of a well-thought-out response, but for now, here is the short answer.

But first, the question:

The Way I See It #168

The human brain is the only object in the known universe that can predict its own future and tell its own fortune. The fact that we can make disastrous decisions even as we foresee their consequences is the great, unsolved mystery of human behavior. When you hold your fate in your hands, why would you ever make a fist?
-- Daniel Gilbert, Harvard professor of psychology and author of Stumbling on Happiness.


Because sometimes, the end result is worth any of the consequences that come about on the way to it. The best way isn't always the easiest way. Sometimes sacrifices have to be made towards an ultimate goal. Suffering is often a part of living.

Starbucks: The Way I See It is a collection of thoughts, opinions and expressions provided by notable figures that appear on the Starbucks cups.

My Homepage


There is a link to my webpage somewhere on the left sidebar here, but I wanted to give a heads-up about my new GooglePages webpage. This is basically a central point to connect all the aspects of my web presence. I like to fool around with web design, using both programming (like HTML and javascript) and various webpage editors. The Googlepages editor (which is in beta) is basically a WYSIWYG editor, but you can also adjust some HTML within sections of the webpage through the editor. The address it http://seapeanut.googlepages.com On the right hand side of the page are links to my various non-googlepages pages. On both the top and bottom of that front page are links to the new sites I've made on Google pages. These are my CV, my published Writing Portfolio, my Travelogue, my Tribute page (coming soon), and Links.

Okay, so, I lied...

... but this is almost as good as therapy ;). Here's my daily dose of magnetic poetry, and bonus- it's a haiku!.......
www.magneticpoetry.com/play.html

Wednesday, January 3, 2007

Now I *really* need to stop!

yes, this is another magnetic poetry posting. don't read it if you're tired of it!
this is sort of liberating, though, because I NEVER write poetry like this when i only have my own words to choose from. being forced to make poetry out of a limited amount of words isn't as constrictive as you would think...i've found it to be more freeing of my faculties of creativity! okay, last two for the night (i promise *crosses fingers just in case*)...

Sarah's Snazzy List of Links

Hi! IRL, I spend a lot of time supervising a computer lab, and teaching computer classes, so I often get asked about the best sites for this and that. Here is a list that I am still in the process of compiling, based on exhaustive research born of years of Internet Surfing!

Webpages
§ http://www.tripod.com/
§ http://www.geocities.com/
§ http://www.angelfire.com/
§ http://pages.google.com/

E-mail
§ http://mail.yahoo.com/
§ http://www.hotmail.com/
§ http://www.gmail.com/
§ http://www.excite.com/

Free image hosting
§ http://www.photobucket.com/
§ http://www.flicr.com/

Online Photo Albums
§ http://www.snapfish.com/
§ http://www.shutterfly.com/
§ http://www.kodakgallery.com/

Social Networking Sites
§ http://www.myspace.com/
§ http://www.facebook.com/
§ http://www.hi5.com/
§ http://www.wayn.com/
§ http://www.friendster.com/

§ (for pets): http://www.dogster.com/, http://www.catster.com/, http://www.petster.com/

Blogs
§ http://www.blogger.com/

Alumni-Connecting Sites
§ http://www.reunion.com/
§ http://www.classmates.com/

Search Engines
§ google, yahoo, lycos, dogpile, ask, altavista, more…

Photo Search Engines:
§ http://www.ditto.com/
§ http://www.webshots.com/

Video Sites
§ http://www.youtube.com/
§ http://www.videoegg.com/

Internet Browsers:
§ http://www.netscape.com/
§ http://www.flock.com/
§ http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
§ http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.asp

Games:
§ http://www.candystand.com/
§ http://www.pogo.com/
§ http://games.yahoo.com/

News Sites:
§ http://news.google.com/
§ http://news.yahoo.com/
§ news network sites, eg cnn & fox

Pittsburgh News:
§ http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/
§ http://www.kdka.com/

listservs
§ http://groups.yahoo.com/

Misc.
§ http://www.frazy.com/ : a place to save your favorite books, movies, music, etc.
§ http://www.tinyurl.com/ – shorten a long url to a “tiny” one to give as a link
§ http://del.icio.us/ – the home of social bookmarking!
§ http://www.picasa.com/ – a free photo workshopping tool (similar to Adobe PhotoShop, without all the bells and whistles)
§ http://www.cooltext.com/ – make buttons and logos, download fonts

Shopping Sites:
§ http://froogle.google.com/
§ http://www.amazon.com/
§ http://www.half.com/
§ http://www.overstock.com
technology stuff:
http://www.newegg.com
Books:
http://www.abebooks.com
http://www.alibris.com

Special Interest Sites:
Volunteer Sites: http://www.pittsburghcares.com/, http://www.volunteer-match.com/
Support Sites:http://www.carepages.com/
Travel Networking:
http://www.trekshare.com/, http://www.virtualtourist.com/, http://www.tripmates.com/, http://www.wayn.com/

Genealogy Sites: http://www.thenamecenter.com/ , http://www.rootsweb.com , http://www.ancestry.com , http://www.genealogy.com , http://genforum.genealogy.com/
http://www.familysearch.org/ , http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/ , http://www.genealogytoday.com/ , http://www.myheritage.com
Online Writing Community:http://www.writing.com/
Fun Random stuff online:http://www.magneticpoetry.com/play.html, http://www.roadsideamerica.com/, http://answers.yahoo.com/





If you are interested in webpages I find incredibily interesting, you can check out my social bookmarking profile at http://del.icio.us/darkandstormy





~d&s

More Magnetic Poetry...

Hello, my name is Sarah, and I'm a Magnetic Poetry Addict. I'm going to actually do some on the fridge too, and I'll post a picture if any turn out! haha. For now, here are three more from the magneticpoetry.com website! The last is from the Shakespeare Kit that's on the separate Java site.

Tuesday, January 2, 2007

i'm addicted to magnetic poetry

and in the categories of "poet" and "artist"...............
remember, it's http://www.magneticpoetry.com let me know what you end up with!

Public Reading

I had a public reading on 12/29/2006 at the Art Gallery on campus. Above is a picture of me in action. I read the following of my poems: "Sensory Recall," "Grandma's House on the Ohio River," "Whirling Towards Ecstasy," and "Nettle and Dock." Below, is a picture of me after the reading, greeting my adoring fans (haha, just kidding).

Online Magnetic Poetry

I put together some online magnetic poetry at http://www.magneticpoetry.com Try it out, it's fun! Here're my best two results. The first is using the "Romance" kit, and the second is with the "Genius" kit.