Cooking crisp apple

I am waiting for the crisp apple pudding to be baked. And guess what, I forgot to add. There is no butter in my crisp apple. I wonder how different this one is going to be from what Marsha makes. Either I will eventually be labeled a total looser in cooking, which I am even now. Or I will become an expert in low fat recipes.

Dr Cerf

Today I was listening to Vinton Cerf's near monologue for nearly an hour, although it was supposed to be a question and answer session. No wonder why he is the chief internet evangelist for Google, obviously in addition to being one of the 'father's of the internet', he is a persuasive speaker. Good things to know about him is that he is a supporter of strong encryption systems and he is against extension of CALEA to VoIP(whose implication means anything over the internet will be eavesdropped). His reasoning is simple and valid. One of the interesting projects that he really wants to do is a comic book on educating legislators on security issues. A comic strip model stripped away from all details so that people in the old school can understand issues that need to be addressed, but not so abstract that problem is no longer there.
I wonder what sort of comic model should be used to educate politicians in India about these issues when they tax ISPs because they sell light energy?

Finding Sam

Sam remarks,"Wonder if we will be ever put in songs and tales"
"What?", Frodo responds.
"Wonder if people will ever say, 'Lets hear about Frodo and the ring. Yes, its one of my favourite stories. Frodo was really courageous, wasn't he Dad?. Yes, my boy, the most famouses of hobits. Doesn't that saying a lot"
"You left one of the chief characters, Samwise the brave. I want to hear more about Sam. Frodo wouldn't have gone far without Sam"
"No, Mr.Frodo. You shouldn't be making fun. I was being serious"
"So was I",says Frodo.

Frodo is one of my most favourite characters among all the stories I know. He left his clique to go out to a world of darkness and shadow, to fight for the good. Sam, his loyal friend and servant never leaves his side other than for one occasion. In Sam one can find all the qualities of a loyal companion. One who zealously guards his companion's heart. One who exhorts against the evil. One who motivates to go further. One who never leaves his companions side.

When one decides to pick friends, in particular their best friend/soul mate, they set standards for them. One will wish he/she has to be like this, like that. One writes a specification for their best friend. But forgets what really matters is the qualities that one can find in Sam, although he is a simple gardener. One forgets that Frodo didn't choose Sam to be his companion for his adventure. It happened by chance and then by committment. One shouldn't forget in their flurry search for their best friend, that one's Sam is within oneself. If one could only listen to that inner voice of that simple guardian of heart. After all, the voyage began alone. And so it will be in the end.