The little green faery

"The little green faery" It's a common moniker for Absinthe, a distillate potion flavored with a variety of spices including wormwood, which kinda rolls off the tongue like "graveyard dust".

Absinthe is also commonly shunned in many places because it has a reputation for taking consumers down very dark roads indeed. Van Gogh, Oscar Wilde, and Hemmingway were well known Absinthe drinkers and, well, look what happened to them.

I have a little green faery and it's NOT Absinthe. It's Better. Safer. It is, however, hypnotic and absorbs my attention. In some respects, it tames my attention from the need to wander. It's called IPod nano - Green (of course). I recently acquired it (thanks, mom and dad) and I love it.

Finally, I can think and work - concentrate, even - with out all the petty intrusions and distractions from the environment. AND there is nothing like wearing an IPod that says to people "Go away and don't bug me - I'm tryin' to get something done here."

That includes a certain annoying, little, internal editor who bugs me about the propriety of every single written word. He is now drowned out by the dulcet guitar riffs of the Cure or the Rolling Stones and the steady rap-tap-tap of the drum trap saying get back on task.

My little green faery now lives in my shirt pocket. You should get one. An IPod. They are hip. Hoppin'. And very cool.