Web of Allies

Not the Same as Knowing I've been looking at a lot of alien and sounds heard round the world type videos (I heard the rumblings in Utah back on Jan 9th, 2013) and was thinking along a line of random thoughts that led to wondering how I'd react should I see someone (or something) outside my window one day. This, oddly enough, led me to think of sign language, language in general and this post. Having the world of information at our fingertips or having the Matrix-like ability to learn on command, is not the same as knowing. To have the ability to access information in your memory means your thoughts can also process new ideas and in different ways. Language, for example. I have taken two years of French and two semesters of college ASL. Once I learned them, I "tuned in" to different people and scenarios around me. I thought about different places and histories. As the years passed and I no longer used it, the languages became foreign to me once again, but only i