Narwhal's punch holes in the ice

Geez you would think they knew that! The tip of Narwhal tusks is often polished white - obviously being used from something. [Yeah, the other kind of 'Narwhal'.]
See here for 'Mysterious Ice Circles in the Arctic" - which might have been created by Narhwal's or by somethings else, like a warm up-welling beneath.

My kind of dialog

Aren't you a robot?
No - I am a robot.

A key sentence

from my "Topic Tree" paper:

Word trees can be thought of as an application-specific numbering system, with text matching considered an act of measurement.

Word of Tooth (again)

I had a little hope that some of my language UI ideas would be picked up at work and that I could ease into retirement, while doing what I love. But I had several disappointments today making me think I am more likely to simply ease into retirement without any language UI employment.
Disappointment #1 - customer service discussion in Waltham is being dominated by proponents of the status quo. No action likely in the short term.
Disappointment #2 - a customer service discussion in Charlotte is being dominated by not so bright people.
Disappointment #3 - a colleague who has something of an external company I was hoping to work with, has been a bit too dismissive and, correspondingly, is fast losing any attractiveness as a partner.

Looking forward, lets get Word of Tooth going, at least in imagination. It will be a "company" with the mission of creating dental language UI interfaces - structured or conversational - to be used in the dental industry - supporting ordering, FAQ, and other customer services, as well as internal issue handling.

Flexible architecture for adding application functions to instant messaging

With the chatbot capable of either imitating language or being a plain command interpreter, you have a great deal of flexibility about how to add application functionality into an instant message.

Chickadees and Titmouses feeding

I see buds on the maple trees

and chickadees feeding on something obscure

in the twigs of my unpruned apple

where the snow melts off the lichen

First flowers of "Spring" - in late February