“Love is always patient and kind; it is never jealous, love is never boastful or conceited; it is never rude or selfish; it does not take offense, and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins but delights in the truth; it is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes. Love does not come to an end.” –Corinthians 13:4

i drew this at age six after my father took me to work at digital equipment corp in the 70’s. it was probably the first time i touched a “computer” (this being but a terminal).

this was an LA-100, which printed dot-matrix output on continuous sheet-fed printer paper. i remember coming home with stacks of output on which i had played games like “hangman” and “chase”, poring over my every move in retrospect.

most likely this machine was connected to a PDP-11 but the details are hazy… in that era, the machines were in another room, a “terminal” being, essentially, one end of a long keyboard/video cable.

note the phone attached to the terminal via an acoustic coupler. damn, i am old school.

In a many dark hour I've been thinkin' about this That Jesus Christ Was betrayed by a kiss But I can't think for you You'll have to decide Whether Judas Iscariot Had God on his side. –Bob Dylan, "With God On Our Side"

Whatsoever I've feared has Come to life Whatsoever I've fought off Became my life Just when everyday Seemed to greet Me with a smile Sunspots have faded And now I'm doing time Cause I fell on Black days Whomsoever I've cured I've sickened now Whomsoever I've cradled I've put you down I'm a search light soul They say but I can't See it in the night I'm only faking When I get it right Cause I fell on Black days How would I know That this could be my fate –Soundgarden, "Fell on Black Days"