Imagine waking up in a strange pasture with a headache strong enough to stop a train. You sit up to rub your eyes and face, groggilly (sp?) scratch your head and look all around you. You don't recognize anything except...*sniff*...Ugh, what is that smell? Ah, yes--cattle. You recall smelling it once when you were younger, driving for hours on end for that "wonderfully anticipated"--but secretly dreaded by all--family vacation. It was definitely a distinct odor that one could never forget.
You check your body and clothes for any signs of abuse, but you're perfectly clean and whole, except for that aweful headache.
Where am I? you think. "Obviously not in New York City!" you say outloud with a chuckle at an attempt to be humorous.
You slowly stand up and scope your surroundings a second time. Hearing a paper rustle in the soft, warm breeze, you stomp on it so as to catch it with your foot so wouldn't blow away. Carefully, you bend over and pick it up, holding it with both hands.
It's a map. But not just any map--not a map of the earth with a great big "you are here" sticker (dratz!); not a map of the US; not a map of a state. It looks like a map of some town magnified to what appears to be a 1000 times, viewing only a few Farm to Market and County Roads with lots of open space in between.
"These roads don't even have names--they're only numbers!" you shout. With a sigh of frustration, you try to recall everything your Daddy, boy/girl scout leader, teachers, and all those National Geophic Explorer magazines ever "taught" you.
You know you're on earth in some state that raises cattle and has Farm to Market Roads that intersect County Roads. There are no houses that you can see, no mountains, a few hills, and waves and waves of tall grass. You know how to read this map, but it doesn't help 'cause you have no idea where in America you assume you are. Frustrating!
Have you ever felt this way in life? At school, at church, at home, at Wal-Mart?
This same frustration is how I feel about Electronic Prinicples. I know what electrons are and the basic concept of electricity, but what the heck is that instructor talking about?? Impedance, hole flow theory, transistorized somethin'-er-others...arrrrgh!
Oh, well...this too shall pass...barely! :) *sigh*
*The photo was found via www.images.google.com at URL http://imagesource.art.com/images/-/David-Angell/Cow-Pasture-Poster-B12189627.jpeg.*
