The Tiger

Tiger! Tiger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder, and what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? and what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,
And watered heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

Tiger! Tiger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

William Blake

That basically sums up my feelings when I chanced upon a tiger cub, only a month old, still being bottle fed by its keeper in Afamosa resort in May. That's as close as I could ever get to gaze upon such awesome god created beauty that Blake describes as; ...'What immortal hand or eye, dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
Fearful Symmetry Indeed. And beautiful.

Just Launched

Apple, dropped 'Computers' from its brand name in May and last Friday launched the iPhone in US. The queue outside its store that never closes on Fifth Avenue, New York started forming on Monday and by launch day, punters were selling their queue spots for as high as US$400. On Friday, the shelves in the New York store were swept clean within hours.
Trendseekers/trendsetters who just had to have it reportedly paid a hefty premium on the black market for this 1st generation Apple phone that is a portable computer/music player. Sales figures total 500,000 units over the weekend.
Now that's what I call the power of the Brand. Let's see if it will sweep the mobile phone market like it did the computer market. From history, that seems to be very likely.

Don't you just love the oh so simple headline in the ad above? There is genius in simplicity.