The Wonderful Wild Rumpus

 I cried last week reading the obit for Maurice Sendak, realizing there would be no more wild things, no more wild rumpus. No more books from this grumpy, brilliant, wonderful writer. If you haven't read Where the Wild Things Are for awhile, get it out and reread it. It's poetry and psychology rolled into one glorious tale. And I love the fact that it took him two years to write it. (350 words!)  Originally it was going to be Where the Wild Horses Are but he said he didn't know how to draw horses. So he drew his relatives instead.

Here's a quote from Sendak that was in the New York Times last week. When asked about e-books, he said: "I hate them. It's like making believe there's another kind of sex. There isn't another kind of sex. There isn't another kind of book. A book is a book is a book."

Comments

[Elizabeth]

I had not read that quote and just love it -- along with all the other things that man said and did in his lifetime. Did you hear the Terri Gross interview? She compiled several interviews with him, and they were the most wonderful thing --

[Laura B]

I have been a huge fan of Maurice Sendak for decades and I have memorized the text of Where the Wild Things Are and retold it to hundreds of children as a storyteller. When I tell this story to family audiences, there are parents who chant the words with me. He will be missed.

[Loren Stephens]

I am reminded of what got me through early motherhood, and for me it was Marlo Thomas' record with "Ladies, First" and "Mr. Rogers Neighborhood" and of course, Good Night Moon. Hearing those words somehow grounded me -- their familiarity made me feel that I wasn't in totally uncharted waters of baby and me. Must be the same for Sendak fans. Loved the quote about books. Still have not gone ebook.

[Nancy Grillo]

Thank you Maurice Sendak for that quote - you will be missed! On the topic of ebooks, none for me. I can fall asleep with a book in my hand but not with a computer in my hand!

Thanks Barbara for sharing!

[Barbara]

Love hearing from all you Sendak fans.

[abercrombie madrid]

Escoitando estas palabras de algunha maneira me aterrado - súa familiaridade me fixo sentir que eu non estaba en augas totalmente descoñecidas do bebé e para min. Debe ser o mesmo para os fans de Sendak. Amei a cita sobre libros. Aínda non foron ebook.

[Jade]

So, what is your outlet? Do you have one that you like to use to get tginhs off your chest? Basically I just run around the house grumbling yo myself, and snapping at anyone who tries to talk to me. Healthy, I know... ;) Anyways, sorry to hear about all of the boogerish stuff going on! <3

[Martin]

You really don't have a clue, do you?I've been wikrong on computers since before Microsoft was a company. I got my start programming on an IBM Mainframe using the Fortran language. Punch Cards were still the main input method. Individual input terminals were just too expensive. In ten years everything changed, punch cards were dead, and dumb terminals had come, and were on the way out, and personal computers from a wide variety of manufacturers, running a wide variety of operating systems were all over the place. A small company called Microsoft provided programming languages for some of those computers. Some.The original Apple OS, and the original Mac OS did have some virus issues. That is true. However you show your total lack of understanding of Operating System architecture by trying to compare them to OS X, which is totally different. OS X is BSD Unix, with a Graphical User Interface stretched on top of it. Unlike with Windows, OS X is NOT an integrated operating system. Instead it's a modular system. The components can be removed and replaced, in most cases quite easily. It it possible to replace most of OS X with the equivalent parts from a Linux, BSD, Solaris, or even Unixware Operating System, as long as it is for the same Microprocessor.Unix is designed for security from the ground up. There has to the best of my knowledge never been a Unix Virus which successfully self transmitted itself. That does not mean that Unix Viruses are impossible, I'll refer you to this excellent article called which you really should read. It's a bit too deep for most readers, but if gives a fairly decent history of Unix Viruses, and also covers why they don't spread, even though theoretically they could.Now as to what we call them, yes, it does matter. Does it matter whether you call an animal a eagle, and cougar, or a shark?Think before you answer.Because we are talking the same level of difference between a virus, a trojan, and a worm. Each has it's own attack vector. Each has it's own limits. Trying to compare one to the other isn't easy, because they are so different. Each is designed for use in attacking a computer program. That's the only thing they have in common.Just like each of the animals that I listed is carnivorous. And that's the only thing they have in common.I'd suggest you spend some time learning something about operating systems. Go hang out at where there are some real Operating System experts, and see what you can learn.Wayne