Live and let live. So many problems in our world stem out of mindsets that bread breed hostility. Mindsets that require all others to conform to our way of thinking or system of beliefs. Narrow thinking.
Narrow thinking does not allow for the possibility of different explanations. Narrow thinking requires that there is only one answer and only one way that is right. Narrow thinking dominates our political, social and economic worlds.
It is the poison that is slowly killing us all.
If there’s one thing that annoys me, it’s when people fail to put a signature on their email. This is especially annoying when the said person is in a sales capacity. How much time have I wasted searching for an email from someone so that I can find their phone number, only to find that they didn’t include a signature? And yet, these same schmucks are the first ones in a meeting to walk around the room diligently handing out their business cards…
If you don’t have a signature on your email, you probably do a lot of other irritating and stupid things like play facebook games. Please read RFC1855. Among other things it recommends the following:
Make things easy for the recipient. Many mailers strip header information which includes your return address. In order to ensure that people know who you are, be sure to include a line or two at the end of your message with contact information. You can create this file ahead of time and add it to the end of your messages. (Some mailers do this automatically.) In Internet parlance, this is known as a “.sig” or “signature” file. Your .sig file takes the place of your business card. (And you can have more than one to apply in different circumstances.)
Okay, it’s a bit early in the morning for a rant, but here it comes. It’s really cold this morning compared to Friday – a 40F swing in temperatures. My good friend made a comment on this swing on Facebook and one of his “friends” comment was this:
it’s the global warming. we’re all going to die! have some hot cocoa for me…
Oh, that gets my dander up! First and foremost, if you’ve paid any attention to the science, you’d know that regardless of what you call it there have been significant changes to the Earth’s climate in the last 50 years. Secondly, you’d know that these changes coincide with a rise in the median temperature of the earth worldwide. I cannot over emphasize that its an average and worldwide. Thirdly, if you’d know that scientists now understand that these changes in climate are having different adverse affects in different parts of the world.
Yes, the facts surrounding the global climate emergency are sometimes incongruous. But they are facts, and the scientific evidence proves that this is real. Every living thing on earth has a stake in this. The only thing about this comment that rings true is that we will all die. The question is whether or not we have the courage to take a stand and try to ensure that it’s not a mass suicide due to inaction.
But the thing that really got me going this morning is this: IT’S AUTUMN, IN MARYLAND.
The weather in the Mid-Atlantic US has always suffered from radical changes in short periods of time. The two temperate seasons (Autumn and Spring) are usually characterized by these swings in temperature. There’s no need for an asinine comment like the one listed above.
Now, I’m going to go out and ENJOY this lovely 45F morning.
Eight years ago today I remember exactly where I was when I found out about the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon: Office Depot in Annapolis, MD. I was there to buy some paper so I could print out my expense report and send it in via snail mail to get paid for my expenses. I remember the kid behind the counter, jacked up hair, lots of piercings, in the Office Depot uniform – incongruous to say the least. He seemed like he was high, ranting and raving about planes flying into buildings in New York.
As I walked out the door, I called my best friend and asked if he’d heard anything about this. “Yeah, I’m watching it on TV like the rest of the country,” was the response. The comment cut into me. It insinuated that I had my head in a hole or something. It had been a nice day up until this point. Sunny and warm, but the humidity had cleared out finally.
I spent the rest of the day trying to work, but overcome by the events – like the rest of the country. I was living in an apartment in a waterfront house on Spa Creek. I tried to fish some to get my mind off it, but there were fighter jets in the sky, patrolling the area since the Naval Academy was just down the street. That was the first time I realized the Academy really is a base.
I really dislike the following terms:
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