2012, the end of the earth

On September 21^st in the year 2012 what is believed to be the end of earth as we know it, Apple releases the iPhone 5. With excellent timing, the iPhone 5-fever hits students with newly acquired student loans and extended lines of credit from generous financial institutions. An iPhone 5, compared to any textbook is the thinnest, lightest and fastest way to catch the professor’s drift. 

Did the professor in the creative writing class not quote Matsuo Basho, “Do not follow in the footsteps of the masters? Seek what they sought.” For students armed with a 4" Retina display and iSight camera this "seeking" can’t possibly require a PhD.

Footsteps in Cement

The season of construction is not over until the first snowfall; replacing the sidewalk at UWO was scheduled for October 1^st. Enrollment for the Fall/Winter courses happened a month earlier. Bashed by the theories and/or technology, one of the students, while texting on his brand-new device, didn’t notice the cones in front of the freshly laid cement or did he perhaps took to heart not to follow in the footsteps of the masters? That is hard to tell. The iPhone 5 is not power-hungry, but with the LTE wireless addition, the ultra-fast speed and download ability one can only wonder why none of the spectators posted this spectacular clip on u-tube. Or did they?

The Mayans' 12/12/2012 end of the world predictions are, according to NASA not worthy of fear, earth however might enter another winter solstice. Finding button-easier texting while walking is never a genius idea, unless Apple can come up with an application to sensor black ice, wet cement, buildings, oncoming traffic and/or a falling moon.

Photograph courtesy of a UWO student.