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I both love and hate Wednesdays. 

On the one hand, they are good because it marks the middle of the week. Only two more days to go and the weekend is here. 

On the other hand, Wednesdays also serve as the day that meetings should be held. I usually have one at 9 am and another at 1:30 pm. The meetings rarely touch on anything that impacts me. The 9 am meeting generally lasts an hour and a half, has no real agenda, and often doesn't end when it is supposed to. It is inherently evil and must be destroyed.

The 1:30 pm meeting is almost as evil, but only to a lesser degree. I'm forced to attend this meeting with people I very rarely interact with. What's really comical is that now, almost a year into this job, it's clear to me that I have not been accepted as "part of the team." So, this meeting, while usually short and very brief, is still an exercise in tolerance on my behalf.

Monday

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It took everything I could muster to drag myself out of bed this morning. As I made my way into the shower I could hear the low rumbles of thunder followed by the soft tapping of rain on the roof. I love rainy days. I especially enjoy them when it's a bit warmer outside, but it was a nice start to the week.

If I wouldn't have overslept I might have missed it since I'm trapped, working in a windowless basement.

Pomponderance

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Currently contemplating all things physical, metaphysical and otherwise meaningless in the grand scheme of things . . . just because I can.
I got to thinking tonight.

Sometimes I do that. Think. Sometimes too much, or so my wife tells me.

I got to thinking about the things that make us all so different. The things that separate and drive wedges between us.

Just to clarify, I'm talking about beliefs, race, gender, age, experiences, professions . . . you name it. There are so many things that we use everyday to make assumptions about people. We make judgments that too often only serve to separate or drive us apart.

  • Are you a pro-lifer or are you pro-choice?
  • Are you Black? White? Mexican? Chinese? Indian? Japanese? etc . . .
  • Are you Gay? or Not?
  • Are you male or female?
  • Are you a 20-something? 30-something? 40-something? etc . . .
  • Do you do manual labor? Are you a professional?
  • Do you drive a Prius? Do you drive an SUV?
  • Are you a soccer mom?
  • Are you Christian? Catholic? Baptist? Lutheran? Muslim?
  • Do you recycle? Are you Going Green?
  • What's your income?
There has to be more to it than that. We can't all be that different.

I've listened to politicians that say they can bring us together by virtue of the fact that they are able to unite people. But in the end, they seem only to be determined to divide us by virtue of our beliefs or any other issue ( or non-issue for that matter ) that happens to be their favorite hot button topic while seeming to ignore the things that really matter.

My goal isn't to turn this into a political debate. My goal is to show that we aren't really all that different from one another.

I'm thinking about a little project that may better clarify this. More to come later.

I'm just not feeling American Idol

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American IdolMy wife is on her usual, "Let's watch American Idol" kick again this year. I tried to watch. A few parts were kind of funny and all, but . . . it's just not reaching me this time around. Luckily the kids want to play Habbo. My daughter's laptop has completely and utterly died. It was a slow, miserable death that only Toshiba can deliver. This was a most excellent diversion, however.

My son's desktop has originally been configured with a 15 GB HD booting Ubuntu. I did this because when he had Windows he would download and install stuff without my knowledge. Given that Habbo requires shockwave, only Windows can be used to play the game. So I regularly have to give the kids access to my desktop machine so they can take turns playing. Well, since her machine died, I decided to put a 160 GB HD in my son's machine, install Windows, and give him a lecture about downloading and installing software without my knowledge. He agreed. I was able to escape American Idol while re-configuring my son's computer.

Whoo - hoo!

Now they can both play at the same time. I still have to give up my desktop machine while my daughter plays Habbo, but I always have my laptop.

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