Rudolf’s Rant, Summer 2008
Technology is just technology. You make it work for you or you get out. Either way you need to get out, wiggle your toes in the grass, sit on a rock, find a stream, a creek, a dribble of hope. It is summer time.
I give you Rudolf’s Diner, Issue 22, the long awaited Soup Issue. As I have mentioned before, we had the digital rug pulled out from under us, briefly, as our host, Weblogger, jumped ship to WordPress, whatever that means. What it meant to us, here, behind the counter, was that some of our heavyduty cooking equipment began to wobble, groan and then flat-out died. We’ve got a new stove in there and all, and we’re learning how to use it, but you know it’s just never the same. They don’t make ‘em like they used to and your hand still reaches for where the griddle used to be, but you can’t fry an egg on the plane of a memory.
So, I give you a Diner in transition. Hopefully we’ll get a new paint job this year and build a sign (did you see the sign fell off?!). Meanwhile, the food is actually better than ever. I guess we’re being more deliberate (to deliver it). We’ve got insanity, tenderness, humor, love, the usual works. It’s good stuff, Maynard. Read, watch, listen and enjoy!
And then let’s get out there and write, draw, paint, snap and create, people! The time is now, or at least first thing in the morning (get up early tomorrow).
Your Loving Uncle,
Rudolf