Thought That Came Unbidden

I think about a lot of things I don’t talk about here and I’ve been wondering lately why that is.

Is it because I grew up (mostly) in the suburbs and absorbed way too many “middle-class” values? After all polite people don’t discuss certain things (think Wendy Bemish‘s mother’s ever present “cancer” whisper).

Is it because a lot of the folks who comment here I now consider friends and am slightly afraid of revealing allmost of my secrets?

Is it because my brain is too full and I haven’t really been able to think coherently about these things as of yet? I don’t think it’s this last one, either that or my brain’s started to suffer the same problem as my work: so much to do I’m paralyzed, unable to start one thing because they all clamor for attention with equal ferocity.

Things that don’t get discussed here:
• sex
• love
• terrorism
• either of the -inities (femm or masc)
• women
• spirituality
• writing and the nature of it all
• regrets
• dreams and wishes
• money
• depression

Or maybe it’s because these things aren’t worth discussing. I need to think about this some more.

In the meantime, have some Guess Who

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I am deathly sick of the sound of running truck engines.

Yes, we had a storm over the weekend. Yes, we had another one Wednesday night. Does that mean you have to sit in your truck with the engine running for an hour while the crew chainsaws the tree?

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Apparently Gary Trudeau has pissed off the White House again, or, at least, he’s pissed off some of the country’s more conservative newspaper editors with his strip for today.

To quote the CNN story:

In the strip, Bush and an aide are lamenting the problems the administration has had over allegations that Rove leaked the name of a CIA officer to reporters.

Bush says, “Karl’s sure been earnin’ his nickname lately.”

The unnamed aide says, “Boy Genius? I’m not so sure sir …”

Bush then says, “Hey Turd Blossom! Get in here.”

The term is said to be one of several nicknames Bush uses for Rove, one of his closest allies and who is widely credited for Bush’s election in 2000 and re-election in 2004.

So, if Bush refers to one of his closest allies as a piece of shit, how do you think he regards the American people?

Only 1195 days until the next election. I’m not sure if this is good or bad.

Well, that only took a month, and it’s still not half the pictures we took on Oahu.

aka: Why engineers should be forced to use everything they design for six months before it’s released to the public.

Why, exactly, if I just punched in my telephone number (or account number, or member number, or any other damn identifying number) so you could look me up in your system should I be forced to repeat it when after the insufferable round robin pressing # to confirm what I just entered I finally get an actual human being?