Tim Minchin is my current favorite musician. … or comedian. cultural commentator?? He understands how insignificant we are and at the same time how important it is that we use our reasoning powers to figure this all out instead of creating a fantasy explanation and then judging others for not having the “faith” you do. /veryshortrant
just youtube him.
i’m sitting at my desk at work, going through my OS. it occurred to me that i continually go through “waves” of refreshing my computers with a clean start … to building my options with tools and interesting applications … and trying out new file management methods … until, eventually, i have an annoyingly cluttered mess, and i need to refresh again.
looks just like what happens in my room.
i imagine that it possibly happened in some of my past relationships too. (ponder ponder)
so, my thought branched to something i consciously decided several years ago when considering my personal state and what i wanted in life. i determined that i lacked one thing i needed more than anything else, confidence. my personality was “nice” but lame without confidence, and that disabled my interactions with others. i wanted to be recognized with more respect, to have the attitude that could get me whatever else i wanted. ……. fast forward, and i have it, and it’s good for me even if i may occasionally come across as an asshole.
then, now what? … what’s the next step that i choose and begin to build? i looked through my files again and my cluttered room and my hobbies and my many unpolished skills, and i instantly knew i needed focus. i know a little about alot, and i’m all for that, but i’m deciding to shift now towards fewer, more concentrated paths. what are these going to be? i have an idea, and i’m watching with all of this in mind. this will be the end of this cycle of the wave. clean out and refresh.
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Look who has a good speech writer.
It seems to me that the opponents of this plan are stuck with their party’s generally held ideals that they will be made to pay for the failure of others, when they must realize that they as well will go down with the sinking ship unless we act together very soon.
I was going through old things and found this drawing I made around 20
years ago. I was procrastinating doing homework and had a bloody nose
that ended up accidentally on the blank paper. It made such a perfect
shape, so I filled out the rest. The blood spot has chipped since then.
i won’t go into the details of many instances where their system breaks down, but i feel like ranting about how many frustrating hours i spent TRYING TO PAY for my internet service. you would think that they would look into multiple calls and emails notifying them of their completely broken payment site. you might also think that someone there would respond to maybe at least one of several numbered incident reports other than the automatically generated “Your-help-request-xxxxxxxxx-has-been-received” emails. it could even be possible that less than half my calls to the billing department might not get disconnected after waiting collective hours on hold.
nope.
after having finally finding someone coherent on the phone to set up automatic billing with my credit card, i got a creditor notice. they had entered the wrong account number. awesome.
i can see from other rants like this that Verizon as an ISP may be falling apart. it’s too bad they are the only option for internet service in my area.
/rant
