Friday, September 29, 2006
We don't need no stinking information!
Everybody wants more information. The new IDEA wants information. The village, librarians and peasants have been asking the Dots for information. Nobody asks the Black Queen for information. That would be like attracting the attention of that big Eye in the top of Steven King's Dark Tower, the Eye that is ceaselessly sweeping the countryside looking for any trace of life, intelligence or learning in order to snuff it out. Besides, even if you aren't afraid of the Dark Tower, the Black Queen never answers. However, the new IDEA might yet be Dotland's champion. She was brave enough to ask the Black Queen for information. The Black Queen, after promising to deliver the information, scurried to her sidekick, GoG. "GoG, the new IDEA is asking for information." "Boss, we don't need no stinking information!" replied GoG. "We just make it up as we go along." "Well, can you make up some for the new IDEA and get her out of my office." "Oh, I don't think so, Boss. All of our made-up information is secret. She'll have to make up her own. " " Wait a minute" said the Black Queen, "If she makes up her own secret information, then she'll have secret information that we don't have and that's completely unacceptable. We'll go back to my office and tell her we're working on getting her information. Then we'll ignore her and she'll think we've left." The astute observer will notice that the Black Queen doesn't have a really good grasp of the reality thing, kind of like Emperor Shrub.
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2 comments:
Hooray for new IDEA! At last someone is making waves! At this point we need hurricanes! Long live IDEA!
Maybe, just maybe the Black Queen and her sidekick will realize that is all we wanted all along.
The Black Dot Queen realize something that might be important to the dots and peasants? Are you serious? At the D1 summit all she could do was whine and complain about how full her plate was. Maybe if she had eaten some of it like she was supposed to, it wouldn't have gotten so overwhelming. If you are responsible for a lot of things, you don't solve the problem by selectively ignoring large parts and hoping they will go away. Dotland and Libraryland aren't like that.
I, too, shout HOORAY! for IDEA. At last there is an advocate who isn't afraid to tilt at a few windmills.
A less agitated dot
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