Schneier on Security

Davi Ottenheimer • January 21, 2006 2:52 PM

Bruce, you're too modest. I suspect you could wax poetic about the squid and security...perhaps something like:

The squid grabs its eggs
caressing and washing them
as the trawlers trawl

Speaking of interpretation, Marylin Chin's poem "The Floral Apron" has an interesting take on squid and Chinese culture, the family, etc.

http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/poetry2/...

The poem ends with:

And although we have traveled far
we would never forget that primal lesson
-on patience, courage, forbearance,
on how to love squid despite squid,
how to honor the village, the tribe,
the floral apron.

Davi Ottenheimer • January 22, 2006 1:50 PM

@ another_bruce and davy

Indeed, the word is "ika", which might sound like a cuckoo if the seller is yelling. And if they have a dry sense of humor they could throw in a "Ika wa ikaga?"

I found another connection with birds:

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/...

"Ika is generally written with phonetic kana characters, most likely because of the unusual kanji characters it has been assigned. It is written 'thieving crow,' because the bird has been known to swoop down and grab squid as they float lazily on the ocean's surface or hang on the massive drying racks used to make the jerky-like surume-ika."

Here's another attempt...

Trawler nets glide by
Mother squid caressing eggs
in obscurity

...the poetry of information security