Friday, April 19, 2013
If I can think it...
How do I patent an idea? GPS reminder. Have you ever thought of a restaurant or other great destination you would like to visit when next you were in the area? Then there should be a GPS app to note places or things you would like to do once you are in the area. Then when you're there again t reminds you! Mark Zuckerberg you better stay clear!!! Google would be the best way because their maps are already most frequently used.
Marathon running vs running your mouth, equally dangerous.
Sitting at home in Boston today and there's a lot going on. Much more of the types of goings ons than anyone would care to have. The world (at least the internet connected one) has heard by now, about what I am coining as the Boston Marathon massacre. Three people died. A lot less than the first massacre, but death, in no form is acceptable to humans. We were made to live. More and more in this crazy world, the issue of life and death is weighed constantly, even in conversations that seem so harmless! Honestly, I don't feel the urgency of the situation -even while all public transportation is halted and everyone is told to stay indoors- as much as when I hear words that mean prison and death.. Speaking about eliminating freedoms is death. Speaking about eliminating an entire people's freedoms or rounding up a race or ethnic group of people for judgement because of a person's actions is genocide. The bible says that "Death and life are in the power of the tongue..." Phrases like "immigrant reform" and "foreign policy" don't exactly have a human friendly tone.
Where I work, I have seen folks go overboard on policies that hurt the innocent; in a field that affects people's livelihoods indirectly; and it's usually because someone slipped through their fingers. But don't you just hate when management sends out an email reminding everyone how to do their jobs because one person somewhere forgot how to do theirs? We all ask - Why didn't they just talk with that person?
I was listening to a woman on an episode of Weekend Aristocrats, a reality program on Plum TV where the word "million" gets tossed around like a football on Sunday. Mind you, I am not a reality show buff but reality tv tends to show us what society is coming to. So a group of 30 somethings attending a function hosted at the Chillingworth Castle were delighting in a conversation with the owner sir Humphry Wakefield a 77 year old baronet, the way a group of children delight in teasing a caged monkey. And as I suspected, it became severely painful to watch as he was baited by them and the situation ended in a tense stance with him on the defensive. He ever so gentlemanly and civilly kept trying to explain that he was being quite frank yet not politically correct, he knew but he held that choosing the right genetic disposition in a person can improve a family's chances of success socially, physically and economically. It's not hard to figure whose side I am on in this fight. I am generally on the side of the defenseless. No, not the average blokes and lassies who decided to spring for a castle venue- probably placing themselves more in the bankrupt state than they already are- then pitting themselves against one man albeit of the caliber, the likes of which they, weren't used to rubbing shoulders with, then being surprised by what he says when they expect him to say exactly that! (such like the imbecility of the children now screaming after being pelted with monkey poop). No, I feel for the old man who is forced to let his home for a celebration of dimwitted barbarians who see themselves civilized. A particular woman on the attack from the group turned on the poor man with the look of death when he said that he could make an argument based on successful families that a marriage of unequal stature would be unwise. At least he had empirical data!
Was she right in now vehemently voicing her disgust? Sure! but he was also entitled to his theory. They asked the question! Did he get upset at her reaction? no! He was a gentleman. You know, if you ask someone with a lesser background who would be their dream partner, they usually say someone rich. However jokingly. She was just mad that he was basically saying she didn't stand a chance with him even if he were younger. Fair and square to me! If I don't like what or who you are then I won't marry you. Some people are so self righteous that they sometimes forget their own prejudices and instead issue death dealing judgement to others who air theirs. I know my own prejudices and honestly I try not to air them in a drunken state because it just wouldn't be wise. Truth is we all just want to be liked but let's face it most people don't like us. Having a human understanding and respect for the next person is probably the next best thing to liking me and I'll take it any day in a world where mob mentality is everywhere.
On that note I think this method could help people feeling like outcasts maybe accept it, deal with it and live their life anyway. I understand it's hard fitting in, I don't feel I do often but I don't want people to die! Combatting terrorism starts with looking at ideals. Strongly held ideals don't wither overnight. People have to be reasoned with in an exchange to understand why they feel that way. We tend to approach things in a head on a stick manner. Tolerance and respect for life can be a short order solution. Really I'm not qualified to tell anyone what to do but War is the campaign of those who have the presence of mind to see the future but don't mind not living to see it.
At the end of the day the lesson here is simple old baronets should not drink while in company of; and hence allow their guard to be let down and end up in conversations with; the plebeians.
Where I work, I have seen folks go overboard on policies that hurt the innocent; in a field that affects people's livelihoods indirectly; and it's usually because someone slipped through their fingers. But don't you just hate when management sends out an email reminding everyone how to do their jobs because one person somewhere forgot how to do theirs? We all ask - Why didn't they just talk with that person?
I was listening to a woman on an episode of Weekend Aristocrats, a reality program on Plum TV where the word "million" gets tossed around like a football on Sunday. Mind you, I am not a reality show buff but reality tv tends to show us what society is coming to. So a group of 30 somethings attending a function hosted at the Chillingworth Castle were delighting in a conversation with the owner sir Humphry Wakefield a 77 year old baronet, the way a group of children delight in teasing a caged monkey. And as I suspected, it became severely painful to watch as he was baited by them and the situation ended in a tense stance with him on the defensive. He ever so gentlemanly and civilly kept trying to explain that he was being quite frank yet not politically correct, he knew but he held that choosing the right genetic disposition in a person can improve a family's chances of success socially, physically and economically. It's not hard to figure whose side I am on in this fight. I am generally on the side of the defenseless. No, not the average blokes and lassies who decided to spring for a castle venue- probably placing themselves more in the bankrupt state than they already are- then pitting themselves against one man albeit of the caliber, the likes of which they, weren't used to rubbing shoulders with, then being surprised by what he says when they expect him to say exactly that! (such like the imbecility of the children now screaming after being pelted with monkey poop). No, I feel for the old man who is forced to let his home for a celebration of dimwitted barbarians who see themselves civilized. A particular woman on the attack from the group turned on the poor man with the look of death when he said that he could make an argument based on successful families that a marriage of unequal stature would be unwise. At least he had empirical data!
Was she right in now vehemently voicing her disgust? Sure! but he was also entitled to his theory. They asked the question! Did he get upset at her reaction? no! He was a gentleman. You know, if you ask someone with a lesser background who would be their dream partner, they usually say someone rich. However jokingly. She was just mad that he was basically saying she didn't stand a chance with him even if he were younger. Fair and square to me! If I don't like what or who you are then I won't marry you. Some people are so self righteous that they sometimes forget their own prejudices and instead issue death dealing judgement to others who air theirs. I know my own prejudices and honestly I try not to air them in a drunken state because it just wouldn't be wise. Truth is we all just want to be liked but let's face it most people don't like us. Having a human understanding and respect for the next person is probably the next best thing to liking me and I'll take it any day in a world where mob mentality is everywhere.
On that note I think this method could help people feeling like outcasts maybe accept it, deal with it and live their life anyway. I understand it's hard fitting in, I don't feel I do often but I don't want people to die! Combatting terrorism starts with looking at ideals. Strongly held ideals don't wither overnight. People have to be reasoned with in an exchange to understand why they feel that way. We tend to approach things in a head on a stick manner. Tolerance and respect for life can be a short order solution. Really I'm not qualified to tell anyone what to do but War is the campaign of those who have the presence of mind to see the future but don't mind not living to see it.
At the end of the day the lesson here is simple old baronets should not drink while in company of; and hence allow their guard to be let down and end up in conversations with; the plebeians.
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