The Semi-conductor Rag

I am definitely NOT what I would call a fluid user of the computer. I can do just enough to create a document and probably not in the best or most economical way, as far as use of software goes. A couple of reasons/excuses - I used a PC wherever I worked and a MAC at home and never really had to do  extremely creative stuff at either place. Let's just say I didn't push the limits of software capability.

I think I am able to get by because I have just enough patience to work through what are simple issues to most people and get a project completed. In the world of today's amazing hardware/software capabilities I am less than PONG. Vicki (mi esposa), does not (repeat: DOES NOT) have the patience and is generally impressed with what I can do and I love her for it.

Quick example in MAC-speak:
When deciding to write poetry I used Keynote (PowerPoint) but couldn't figure out how to have just an unformatted plane page, so I use a top box - title, a middle box - text and even though its there, I don't use the bottom box. When I want to copy and paste I have to do each box separately and, depending on where I want to paste it, I have to look out for little extra symbols and stuff that sometimes will show up (I think they are HTML commands). So I copied and pasted into Pages (Word) to have the poems on one page each. Fine. But now when I try to copy and paste into the blog from either, the blog will not save it! I have to re-key it, I mean holy shnikies really!!

OK, so it wasn't so short, sorry.  So I was sitting at the computer thinking about words that make me smile because they can be misinterpreted at times and "semiconductor" fell into that category. Whenever I start thinking of twisted words my mind seems to wander to politics. This is a look at it in a Roseanne Roseannadanna kind of way - "Never mind."

Semi-conductor Rag

These people are in the wrong line of work

why they are allowed to drive trains is a quirk

How can we let this get by

is there no test to duly certify

Is it work passed from fathers to sons

this half-way position atop two hundred tons

and thats just the weight of the engine I hear

then there's speed and breaks, but not much to steer

whistle control is most critical

proper tooting is almost rabbinical

we must have a full fledged conductor

not a semi or half wit impostor

someone who we all know

will be true to the great B&O

who delivers a hundred car load

and keeps all of it off of our roads

its frustrating for us common folk

we should hold elections for this valuable post

then we could sleep well at night

knowing we vetted them and they're alright