Official Google Blog: Update on Google Wave

Official Google Blog: Update on Google Wave: "Urs and Google aren't looking under the basic assumptions of reality"

The failure of Google Wave is simply that it exists as another tool in a world of tools. Who needs another diversion. The context is sound, the paradigm in which it is being introduced isn't well formulated. It is just another "thing" in a world of "things."

Robert Gold Dallas, Texas

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Melissa,

I thought of you when I saw this website. It's an interesting concept of interior decorating though online means.

http://www.iheartdesignbyavenue.com/

Mark

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Trophy Wife trimming a quarter-mile long row of hedges at her childhood home: Priceless

Picture this ....

Picture this … there is a spectacular social event coming up that you have been invited to.

You are not going though because you have nothing to wear.

And even if you did have something to wear, you think you wouldn't look good in it.

One day, you go with a friend shopping.

Your friend points out this amazing outfit that you would NEVER have picked out for yourself.

It is perfect for the upcoming event.

Your friend encourages you to try it on just for fun.

You humor your friend and reluctantly agree to try it on.

What you find though is that the outfit is amazingly comfortable.

It fits you perfectly as if it was tailored just for you.

And it makes you look and feel beautiful!

Everyone comments on how great you look in this outfit. 

They notice it brings out the colors in your eyes.

When they find out about the upcoming event that is perfect for it, they become relentless.

You start to consider what it would be like to have this outfit.

You imagine how much fun it would be to go to the event.

You imagine how amazing you would look and feel wearing this outfit.

You actually start considering going to the event.

You think through the possibilities and weigh out all of the concerns and issues.

You start making the shift, bridging the gap.  Maybe, just maybe you will go to this event.

Everyone tells you how amazing you look and encourages you to buy the outfit and go to the event.

Even though you are not entirely sure, you decide to take the plunge.

You have never felt this way before and you want it to last.

You start dancing around like a young girl does pretending to be a fairy princess. 

You love feeling the lightness in your heart and the flush of being alive on your face.

As you are swirling and twirling around the room, fully embracing this new reality you have chosen, the sales lady tells you the outfit Is not for sale. 

 

What now?

Ah, the week of communication. :(

A dear friend of mine recently started openly pursuing me to move beyond our 12-year friendship and try on a romantic relationship  Once I got over the initial shock, I tried it on and liked it.  A lot!  Then stuff/life/shit happened - misunderstandings, miscommunications, drama, unwillingness to get clear, lack of clarity about true desires/commitment - and I find myself having to wait until the dust settles around me.  Kind of like the people in Europe waiting for the volcanic dust!  ;)  

I see myself journeying through several spaces along the way. 

• At first I was unwilling to entertain the possibility our relationship could be more.  There are a LOT of obstacles in the way. 
• Then I was unwilling to believe he actually felt the way he did.  That was until I let his actions drown out my inner monologue. 
• Then I found I have no freaking clue how to go about this relationship stuff.  Plus, the idea of "just wait and let it happen" is harder than any action ever could be.  Give me something to do!  I was not wired to be a literal "waiter".  :)
• When the problems first started, I was powerful, stood my ground, and was rewarded with a deepening of communication and intimacy.
• Then more stuff happened, the problems got bigger, and they triggered his past stuff which triggered my past stuff.  As of last night, that looked like him not wanting to be more than friends. 
• This morning, he is acting like nothing is wrong. 

Where I find myself right now is being unwilling to have someone play hokey-pokey with my heart.  I want to draw a line in the sand and say this far and no further.  However, being a stand like this for ME is so new for me.  It is much easier to stand for someone/something else than it is to be a stand for myself.  Weird! 

I am a stand that me and my heart be respected and cared for like the fragile, priceless things of beauty we are. 

I want to communicate that to him but something inside tells me to wait.  I am getting that this week of communications is going to be very interesting indeed!

I am wondering however, where did I get the idea I need to communicate every thought that crosses my mind, or every firing of a neuron?  In looking at that, I find I am also unclear as to whom and how much should be communicated.  Maybe that is the where the inquiry this week is taking me.   :)

Thank you Mark for making it so easy, breezy, beautifully simple to post to the blog. 

Testing the email link

Testing 1 2 3 .... is this indeed an easy, breezy way to post to the blog?  :)