2012

 I just finished watching The West Wing episode where CJ is trying to decide what to do after the White House.  Does she stay on?  Does she work on a Board of Directions?  Does she take ten billion dollars and go fix the world?  Does she play Donna Reed to Danny? She's wo...

Two years ago a young man off his medication went on a shooting spree in my town.  Two crime scenes, a high speed chase and a hostage situation later there were eight dead people including the gunman.  Yesterday, in Pakistan 6 people were killed in a police shoot out. Today, two people ...

 There's a video floating around social media entitled "What If Money Didn't Matter".  It asks a number of people, mostly students, what they would do with their lives and careers if money didn't matter.  I know its edited down, but nearly all of them gave an "artsy&...

This month has really sucked. It's four in the morning and I woke up.  I fell asleep fully dressed next to my computer last night just after finishing dinner.  I had very, very, very strange dreams.   I was in some sort of college dormitory.  A friend and I had been arrested f...

 "I think a man in a helmet defending his country should make more than a man in a helmet defending a football." ~ from a Facebook meme The idea is right and most people do agree.  So why isn't it true?  Because we live in a capitalistic society?  Because we don't pa...

 Letter of the Day - "A" / Word of the Day "Amazing" Technically, I suppose I should go to bed before considering today November, but its eight minutes past midnight so close enough. Amazing.  Apple. Sandy passed over and my homestate (among others) is beginning to p...

I. Hate. This. Nothing is wrong. Nothing. I mean nothing more than usual. Actually my life is pretty okay right now. I have a good income, I'm paying down debts, I have friends, I'm healthy. Life is not bad right now. There is no reason for me to be this upset. No one has died.…

 Oh I still really love my new job.  Which I suppose very shortly won't be new anymore.  But I'm still learning way way way too much and there's still way way way too much I'm utterly clueless about.  Except....  My boss told me today that he loves my attitude and my smil...

So I have a smart phone from work now. Not the hotel but my new job. Things happened very fast and I will catch up on that soon. I just wanted to try the mobile site and see how it works. Not too bad but I think I'll still like using a normal keyboard better.…

Oh man, this weekend was great and horrible and amazing and terrible.  Monday night and things are finally starting to catch up. But here's what I need to remember for the moment. He doesn't want to do a long-distance relationship. He doesn't want to risk our friendship at the moment.  ...