is this actually a prayer? ~~~~~~

chickpea

so i am doing research for a paper dealing with
nonpharmaceutical stragegies for control and
amelioration of hypertension, and i found an
article title (on a study conducted in finland)
referenced in a paper i am currently reviewing
and hoped to be able to find it in a database

as i was hitting the search button
a voice in my head was chanting:

"PLEEEEEZ let it be free, full and not in finnish

prayer?

Mad Sweeney

Yes, chickpea. This is known as "a prayer to the Internet research gods."

StAnn

If you need help finding your paper, you can always ask St. Isidore for assistance:

Patron Saint of the Internet

Saint Isidore of Seville, Patron Saint of All Computer Users

Feb 17, 2008 Dulcinea Norton-Smith

Ladyheart at Morguefile Despite being born over a thousand years before the invention of the computer, Saint Isidore of Seville has been named the Patron Saint of the Internet.

Saint Isidore of Seville is the Patron Saint of the internet, computer technicians, computer users, computers, school children and students.

The Life of Saint Isidore

From a young age in the Cathedral school of Seville, Isidore was dedicated to his pursuit of knowledge. Here he was taught by many learned men, including his brother Leander who was the archbishop. Isidore worked hard at his studies and quickly mastered Latin, Greek and Hebrew. When his brother died, Isidore became the archbishop in his place. His title, like his brother's before him, was the Metropolitan See of Seville. Isidore's greatest passion was in the field of education. He encouraged the educational institutes in Seville to prescribe the study of Greek, Hebrew, law and medicine. To many Isidore was seen as the most learned man of his time. Isidore was born circa 560AD and died on 4th April 636.

The Works of Saint Isidore of Seville

Anyone looking for the reason Saint Isidore was chosen as the Patron Saint of the Internet need look no further than his greatest work. Saint Isidore took it upon himself to document all “universal knowledge” much like the Internet aims to do today. He was a collector and compiler of all information which he put together within his writings now known as the Etymologiae, which is said to contain all of the learning possessed in his time. It was used by almost all schools at the time as the source of all learning. In some areas the works still remain a superb reference. With Isidore being an expert in the field of Latin and Greek poets, the Etymologiae quotes over 150 of them.