Kismet

I am in awe of the forces that swirl around us that we are often not aware of, and yet I do sometimes take the time to examine. When my kids gave me an iPod 2 years ago, I went onto several music sites to think about songs I wanted to download. That led me to a site that originates in The Netherlands, and they had a notice that they were looking for someone who spoke English to help translate lyrics. That's how I met Mark. I have been able to help some. There was a song that was popular in The Netherlands that was a reggae version of the Peter, Paul and Mary song 500 Miles. Mark had never heard the original version, so I was able to send it to him. He has now become an email friend. Remember the old term of pen pal?

Mark led me to a social network site called Hyves. On Hyves, I met Remi, who loves astronomy as much as I do. There was a study done on connections in email networks, and there really are quite often only 6.6 degrees of separation. I do believe in Kismet, and I'm anxious to see if Hyves leads me to other interesting contacts, or where else in my life connections will be made.
I'm also learning a few words of Dutch. Vrienden means friends, uitloggen means log out, and verstuur means send.

A high school friend, Tim, knows a young lady who works with my son. I was amazed that seemingly random people knew each other.

I also loved the PBS show Connections. It was so well done, and I learned so much from it. It showed the interweaving of inventions, accidents, and, well, Kismet!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cS0lT0dQJA&feature=related

See, during my search for the link above, Kismet led me to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2wAjOIbMv8&feature=related
I love the movie and the song.

I'm also happy because we got lots of rain last night. Yipeeeee!