The world is sharp and hard. It's better to not fall, not bump, not get cut on the edged corners. Curbs leap from streets, eager to trip. Cars zoom, the velocity a force to be reckoned with. I look both ways even on one way streets. I slow around corners when walking, avoiding collisions. Stepping from the sidewalk into stores, I do a headcheck in the direction I plan to move so that someone doesn't get crushed. The only way to win is to pay attention to the world around you. To do otherwise is to end up broken and bruised, sliced by the blades of reality, bluedgeon by concrete and metal.

And for when you are walking or out and about, Webaroo has the most important parts of the web preloaded for use offline. But if you do have a connection and need to find nearly any piece of digital information, the Internet Archive is a good place to start.

One nice thing about the web is that you can go a lot of places mentally and you never have to risk physical harm. Although there's something about that that toubles me. If you risk nothing but time and idle thoughts, nothing holds you back. Perhaps that explains some of the darkness that lurks everywhere online.

The yard behind our apartment is turning prehistoric. I'm slightly frightened of the calalillys back there. They are large enough to drink wine from.