Apple core

Both you (Gerdie) and I know that “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”, though we may not be sure exactly why. You'd say "An apple a day is good for you! Gives you energy and stamina, exercises your jowls." And I'd say "Sustainable? Good energy, good fiber, easy to dispose of the core."

The legend of John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, is curious. This American pioneer traveled miles across the frontier in the early 1800s, planting and pruning countless apple trees. What does Johnny Appleseed or you (Gerdie) have to do with anything anymore? What do values and beliefs have to do with anything any more for that matter?

And who will become the legendary figures of our times, if not Steve Jobs?

When I was a kid and we ate apples, we lifted the core for everyone to see and shouted:

“Apple core!”

And the kids around you would say:
“Nevermore Baltimore.”

You would say:
“Who’s your friend?”

And someone would say:
“hard or soft?”
and another would say:
“Now" or "Never"?”

And then you would throw the core at whomever had said “Now” and say:
“now, no more.”

Everyone, especially anyone who had said "Now" or "Now or Never" would, of course, duck.

Powered and communicated by Jobs hardware and Google software, I can’t help but reflect NOW on the future of core energy and nuclear waste. Hardly child's play.