Techno Brains

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I remember my mom's first Palm Pilot.

We all joked that she'd bought

a better brain; coherent thought.

Now our "brains" are bigger and faster.

The cell phone has become our master.

We rely on it to save us from disaster.

Talking while walking, you can't look before

crossing the street - is danger in store?

A phone app can alert you to that which you ignore.

You also don't need a detective

to determine if your spouse defected.

Find my phone app = location detected.

Never worry about drunk dialing again.

Let the Designated Dialer decide when

your hands are too shaky to call a "friend".

And when teens and technology start driving you nuts,

and you need a phone app's help (and have guts),

get the Annoy a Teen app!  It's fun - no ifs, ands, or buts!

Never again waste time thinking independently!

If there's no app yet, there'll be one eventually.

Techno brains will rule some day... inevitably!

© 2011 - All Rights Reserved - Rachel Hoyt

 

Technorati Tags: Technology, Phone, Brain, Humor, Sarcasm, Poetry

Perky Turkey Talk

If I was not a meat eater at this time of year

I would wish for my own pet wild turkey.

I'd train him to be nice but make people fear

eating tofurkey without looking perky.

Turkeys may drop dead from deafening noise

and risk drowning themselves in the rain,

but if Ben Franklin had gotten his first bird choice

they would be too patriotic to be slain.

Their survival instincts have saved them thus far.

Or, is it their ability to reproduce repeatedly?

When you gobble to announce proudly who you are

is it fair to wonder, "Why oh why would they eat me?"

© 2011 - All rights reserved - Rachel Hoyt

 

Technorati Tags: Thanksgiving, turkey, Tofurkey, Humor, Muppets, Poetry

Josh from "Its Tiger Time" invented You Tube Tuesday so we could each share one video a week which we found to be fun, inspiring or otherwise noteworthy.  If you choose to participate, don't forget to leave your links in my comments section (so I can come visit you) and on Josh's page (so you can be part of the contest).

Say Nope-a to SOPA

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The Internet has given us reasons to smile, laugh and cheer,

but also causes its fair share of crimes, squabbles and sneers.

It's no surprise there is a push to regulate pirating goons,

but what about the other world wide web wandering buffoons?

We tolerate Facebook groups that help spread chicken pox.

We "allow" compromising photos of celebrities and jocks.

We find our enemies and their fans trash talking and plotting.

We track the life of fast food that's not molding while rotting.

This information highway we share with the world

has caused our lives to be twisted and twirled

into a simmering supernova of opinions and ideas.

more valuable than all of the world's pizzerias.

Don't give Hollywood the power to flip the switch

on the websites making them a little less rich.

Their crack down might make an interesting movie plot,

but their ideas fail in reality more often than not.

© 2011 - All Rights Reserved - Rachel Hoyt

Technorati Tags: Entertainment, Internet, Censorship, Humor, Opinion, Poetry