November, 2009
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Morbid Curiosity
Posted on November 19th, 2009 by Dax.
Categories: blog post.
What is it about humans with regards to not being able to look away during a car accident, or the need to watch the tragic crash on the news over and over again?
I’m just as guilty as the next person.
Also, why do we as humans want to watch others fail, especially the cocky, the arrogant?
The reason that I present these two questions in the same post is due to last night I partook in both. I had a pretty strong feeling that someone of high arrogance was going to fail miserably last night, and when they did, I knew I wasn’t going to be able to look away.
Now, no one was physically hurt, and there was no way for anyone to get hurt, except for maybe a paper cut or a stiff neck from sitting in the same position for an extended period of time. So, nothing to morbid. But I knew that this individual was going to fail, and I’m talking about serious crash and burn type of failure.
Ther was nothing at all I could do. I didn’t have the authority to stop this eventual train wreck, but even if I did, this individual would not have heeded my warnings anyways, this I am certain of.
I don’t feel any guilt over the situation because it was completely out of my hands. But I do feel a little “happy” by the entire process ending up the way it did for the evening.
I have a pretty good feeling that this was a complete failure, but I also have a strong feeling that this failure will try to be spun into a “learning experience”, when, in reality, it was a loud siren of the inability of this individuals capabilities.
The lesson that should be learned from this experience for the arrogant is humility, but this will not be understood nor conveyed.
And the lesson that I would need to learn from this experience is….well, I imagine a little humility on my part as well. Hope that I learn my lesson before the other indiviual does…otherwise, I might just do a little “touchdown dance” next time I see them after their epic failure. ^_^
I guess this would be one of those posts that I should decipher the message/lesson instead of just typing it in and publishing it to the world.
Dax out-
Here we go again
Posted on November 18th, 2009 by Dax.
Categories: blog post.
Well, it looks like this will work, so let’s give it a go.
Currently, I’m trying to get over a cold, or cold like symptoms. I missed work yesterday…well, I wouldn’t say that I “missed” work, but you get the gist.
Back in the office with a renewed understanding why I go to work…for a paycheck, not to change the world.
Which leads me to my next thought…is there a specific age statistically when you just stop caring about trying to change the world with regards to work? Now, I’m not saying that doctors or care takers and the like stop caring, I’m talking about people that are cogs in the machine, and the machine is only hell bent on making money. I don’t see a percentage of the money that I save the machine…granted I get a check, which I agree is my main incentive. But, in theory, all I have to do is a better job than 70% of my immediate co-workers to retain my position, and in some cases, I can even increase my bill rate with that level of workmanship.
For the record, I don’t know how to “throttle back” my work, I can blame/thank my mother and father for that, so I’m not cheating my client out of money. But, am I being fair to myself by putting in the extra effort when Joe Schmoe down the hall is lazy as hell and doesn’t get disciplined about the lack of workmanship?
So, this is what’s on my mind today. Which, in it self is a waste of time to even publish because I have no plans, or know how, to do a lesser job.
Dax out-
Testing out blogging from my iPhone
Posted on November 17th, 2009 by Dax.
Categories: blog post.
This is a little test to try to setup blogging from my iPhone. I figured if I get this working that I might be a little bit more prone to updating more frequently. We’ll see.
Dax out-