[stylist] Poetry sample

[Lynda Lambert]

Shawn, I finally read this today and I like it very much. We all know how 
that feels, the error messages, and the frustration.
In Greek Mythology, the oracle is both the message AND the priest/priestess 
who delivers it - they are used interchangeably. And, the messages are 
always complex and murky. So, maybe it will be better to see out a 
"Technitian" instead. l o l
Lynda

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Applebutter Hill" <applebutterhill at gmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Poetry sample


>I love the line
> "The oracle of data is closed to me, hiding its face behind error 
> messages"
> I can so relate to this, though I find that once the error messages are in
> the past, I have no energy left to feel good about it.
> Donna
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jacobson,
> Shawn D
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 3:33 PM
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>
> OK
>
> Here's something I cooked up on the spot.
>
> Let me know what you think.
>
> Shawn
>
>
>
> Oracle
>
> I sit at my computer seeking the oracle of data yet it is closed to me, I
> can not see it's revelations.
>
> Priests of Infotech had meddled with the magic of my mechine it had 
> worked,
> the oracle was near.
> But this was old, a magic obsolete
> So it much be swept away, for only new magic can be used.
> The oracle of data is closed to me, hiding its face behind error messages.
>
> What wizard shall I invoke so see the oracle.
> What mystic rites of driver manipulation What mysterious steps I do not
> understand I follow the prompts invoking the steps.
> Yet the oracle of data is still hidden
> behind the clouds of error messages.
>
> I seek a priest of data then to help.
> I share my screen, I share control.
> He speaks of paths and files,
> such things are not my write to know.
> Only the priests of can invoke this magic.
> Yet the oracle of data is still aloof
> hiding its face behind error messages.
>
> And then, revelation! I find it.
> This oracle has many names.
> By blessed accident I find the truth
> stumbling upon truth unknowing.
> Praise and thanks to the priests of machines.
> I revel in enlightenment data is reveled.
> The oracle of data no more hides his face.
> I can perform my allotted tasks.
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