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I was having difficulty updating my website, when in desperation, I called out to Kyberia, Goddess of New Technologies and the Computer, promising that I would honor her with a hymn and a libation if she offered me the assistance I so greatly needed. Now this was a Goddess I had only heard spoken of jokingly, and I didn't expect it to work. Well, to my total shock and considerable pleasure, all of the trouble I had been having ceased and I was able to successfully complete the task. That very night I made my libation to her, and now I have written this hymn in her honor. I hope that she finds it pleasing - and that she will remember me in the future.
Sing, Muse, of Kyberia, patroness of new technologies, gentle guide through the Internet's pathways, who bestows shining insight to all those who call upon her blessed name in prayerful tones. She stands over the computer, dear creature of her heart, and with her fiery sword chases off the baneful viruses and those vexing adds for porn. When she is remembered, and AOL 's silver start-up discs are offered on her altar with honey-sweetened wine there are no 404 errors, and one needn't fear their screen turning blue. She delights in the hum and whir of old computers, and the clickedy-clack of fingers on keyboards. When you are writing code or working to upload graphics to your webpage, remember her and recite a pleasing hymn in her honor, and I swear to you, it will go a lot easier! Unbidden the answers will come to you, and your hands will speed across the keyboard typing out the right things, even if you haven't the vaguest clue what those things are. Who is this Goddess whom I hymn? Some say she is grey-eyed Athene, known under a different name, or the daughter of Eris, brought into being by the mad-rush of technology. I do not know for sure, but I call her Kyberia and Tekaté and The-Pattern-That-Is-Found-In-Chaos and I proclaim her a Goddess dear to my heart! Hail, Goddess! I will remember you with many songs! |
