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[EroticRomanticMan]

Afternoon all. Sounds like some interesting topic up for discussion today!

 

[Azuldrgon]

*walks in and looks at the coffee pot*

I woke up late this morning and I walk into this Chris talk.....wow...I am not ready.

*takes a breath*

Tiamo.

 

[Chris_Michael]

My thoughts have always been, if you don't like what's happening in the world, what are you doing to change it?

That's a slippery slope. As a matter of fact, discussion of such topics without blindly believing that America's socioeconomic framework is perfect, is what I'm proposing. Face it. In America, any time somebody doesn't like a financial change, they yell "Socialism," as if it's bad! If they hate it enough, they yell "Comminism!" We need to discuss our Free Market, because though idealy it's supposed to work, it's not. We need to discuss Capitalism as if it's not created by god himself. And we need to agree that looking at the framework of our country, it's okay to openly say that there are problems with how we operate.

As a matter of fact, most Americans don't even think like this! They go into Trump vs. Hilary not knowing either of their tax plans and just siding with who they would rather see for 4 years. One thing you CAN do which I have tried to do is look at their actual tax plans. I don't know shit about it but I tried to find somebody who could elaborate on how it would affect us as a nation (John Green - Youtube).

Blindly accepting something just because you were born into a society is just bad logic. To say my god is perfect because I was born in Southern, Ga is bad logic. To say America is perfect becsuse I was born here is, again, bad logic.

You know what made me question EVERYTHING about life? I worked as a pharmacist for CVS for 2 fucking years. That's enough to drive a person mad! Anyway, as a brand new pharmacist, I was having a discussion about metrics with my district manager. One question I had was how did those numbers actually help with the care we are offering to our customers.

This. This was the moment. He had to have a Come to Jesus moment with me and explain that my salary depended on those arbitrary metrics looking really good so CVS could maintain their partners such as Caremark. We had contracts that depended on made up bullshit metrics. If you want to talk specifics about those metrics, we will have to talk on voice because it's too much to put down here plus it might be illegal. Not sure. Anyway, here are some things that we focused on:

New script pickup % - Must be 100%. These are brand new prescriptions, not refills or maintenance meds. If patient did not pick up by day 6, we manually called them. At the end of day 6, if no response was left, we returned all to stock.

First Refill % - Must be ~75%. If one month (or 3 months) went by, we call and ask the patient if they needed a refill. It was a pharmacist who had to make this call because if the patient said no, we were to explain why they should refill it.

Automatic Refill - Non controlled, maintenance meds were to be 100%. Ideally, this would take First Refill % out of the eauation since it would be filled anyway. So, it worked like this. We asked the customer if they wanted auto refill. If not, we explained how important it was to maintain compliance. Also, some pharmacists were so desperate that they would throw everybody on auto refill. Why? Because we had 2 stores in our entire district that actually met the metrics standard. That's garbage even compared to neighboring districts. So, what would happen is a patient would call in a refill the night before, but because there was a problem, said drug could not be refilled. However, because there was auto refill for something they did not want, they would arrive only to find out that not only could we not fill their Rx, they got a phone call telling them an Rx was ready. So, guess who got chewed out!? It was particularly hard for me because I was telling patients they were getting screwed by CVS and then somebody would tell my DM I was saying that.

Let's just say I have about 10-15 write ups at CVS headquarters. I may be blacklisted from the company actually. *shrugs* I don't care. Fuck 'em.

Add-ons to therapy - No percentage but they had a way to create a metric out of it. If there was a patient who was on a diabetic drug, the system would prompt us. As a pharmacist, I had to say, "Hey, Mr. SmithJohnsonWilliams, I noticed you're on metformin but you're not on an ACE Inhibitor or an ARB. You definitely need that or well, you'll die." So, then I called the doctor, waited on hold for an hour, and then asked if I could fill the missing drug.

Those are a FEW of the MANY metrics we had to follow. And let me tell you, the standards are so high that it is nearly impossible to reach. Truly. If it's reachable, they make it harder the next year.

Now, before you say, "Well that's your fucking job. Get used to it." Let me ask you a question. How does it feel to be told that there is a two hour wait time only to come back to the pharmacy and your Rx is not ready? Infuriating, I bet. Or let's step into the world of department stores! How often have we been standing in long ass lines when there are only 1-2 registers open?! Fucking silly that Walmart even has 50 registers!

Well, my friend... That's Capitalism. And if you are so quick to hush somebody who is thinking for themselves rather than getting jackhammered by Uncle Sam's big fat cock, perhaps you make a good slave.

 

[Tiamo15]

I think I'm too old to rant about the government. But you know I do question things and come up with my own thoughts.

As for capitalism, I'm afraid I haven't thought too much about it aside from taking all my business classes and having a career with both large and small businesses. I'm just happy that I was able to go from middle class and move up a bit, all with my own drive and initiative. When I was tired of working for others, I just built my own business. When I have a surplus, I donate to my favorite causes/charities.

Before Chris, I never gave it much thought to be honest, if anything, I've been pretty happy.

 

[Tiamo15]

You may have heard me complain I have a lot of cards to cut out. I thought I could handle it, but just 5% in I felt it up my arm. I feel like I have carpal tunnel. Went out and got a cutting board, let's hope this helps. I need my right hand for those little delicate self pleasure moments!

I also made sure to completely tire Luxie out at the dog park and then on a walk. It was fun at the dog park until a horny German Shepherd kept humping her. Why don't owners watch their dogs better!

 

[tnman03]

I think I'm too old to rant about the government. But you know I do question things and come up with my own thoughts.

As for capitalism, I'm afraid I haven't thought too much about it aside from taking all my business classes and having a career with both large and small businesses. I'm just happy that I was able to go from middle class and move up a bit, all with my own drive and initiative. When I was tired of working for others, I just built my own business. When I have a surplus, I donate to my favorite causes/charities.

Before Chris, I never gave it much thought to be honest, if anything, I've been pretty happy.

Your actually an example of how free enterprise best works with an entrepreneurial mind set, a good business model and willingness to work hard and take personal risks. Where Chris takes off is the bloated cooperate medical business side of patient care.

I'm all about free enterprise but not to keen on some of the cooperate business practices of eliminating competition and political favoritism. Capitalism in and of itself isn't evil, that only happens when everything becomes sole source and prices become what the market will bear because people have to have a particular commodity. That's when anti trust issues start rearing their heads because someone got to greedy.

 

[Tiamo15]

Yeah, I'll just stick to talking about things I am less ignorant about.

 

[thejabber27]

Your actually an example of how free enterprise best works with an entrepreneurial mind set, a good business model and willingness to work hard and take personal risks. Where Chris takes off is the bloated cooperate medical business side of patient care.

I'm all about free enterprise but not to keen on some of the cooperate business practices of eliminating competition and political favoritism. Capitalism in and of itself isn't evil, that only happens when everything becomes sole source and prices become what the market will bear because people have to have a particular commodity. That's when anti trust issues start rearing their heads because someone got to greedy.

If greed wasn't an issue so many forms of governance would run smoothly.

 

[tnman03]

You may have heard me complain I have a lot of cards to cut out. I thought I could handle it, but just 5% in I felt it up my arm. I feel like I have carpal tunnel. Went out and got a cutting board, let's hope this helps. I need my right hand for those little delicate self pleasure moments!

I also made sure to completely tire Luxie out at the dog park and then on a walk. It was fun at the dog park until a horny German Shepherd kept humping her. Why don't owners watch their dogs better!

These are great...
https://www.amazon.com/Swingline-Tr...25294&sr=8-3&keywords=Guillotine+Paper+Cutter

Yeah, I'll just stick to talking about things I am less ignorant about.

You know far more then you give yourself credit here for knowing. But then your clever that way in subtlety when the need arises. Very cool.

 

[Ask For More]

That's a slippery slope. As a matter of fact, discussion of such topics without blindly believing that America's socioeconomic framework is perfect, is what I'm proposing.

Well at least you're willing to force a conversation. I see so many people out there who complain a lot and don't do anything about it. I'm not sure this is the right place for it though

Good evening all! Staying up late tonight to watch basketball, happy the season has started again

 

[Azuldrgon]

so I tried to take a nap and failed miserably.

Luckily, there is only two errands tonight, so I should be able to stay pretty chill.

And Tiamo, paper cutters are a God send. I know with your attention to detail, it will make short work of those cards.

 

[Chris_Michael]

I think I'm too old to rant about the government. But you know I do question things and come up with my own thoughts.

As for capitalism, I'm afraid I haven't thought too much about it aside from taking all my business classes and having a career with both large and small businesses. I'm just happy that I was able to go from middle class and move up a bit, all with my own drive and initiative. When I was tired of working for others, I just built my own business. When I have a surplus, I donate to my favorite causes/charities.

Before Chris, I never gave it much thought to be honest, if anything, I've been pretty happy.

You contradicted yourself twice. So, which is it?

Your business was supported, and was not built from the ground up.... Donald.

 

[Paul_Chance]

Good evening Spacelings

Winding down a fairly long day, down to LA and back, but it was a productive meeting and a truly excellent lunch from a little Mexican restaurant down the street (chicken mole mmmm).

Tiamo and TN - yes! Paper cutters are a must anytime you're turning out a bunch of card stock. Do not injure that delicate pleasure hand! Hope you got the chance to watch Girl on a Train - I saw it the other weekend (didn't read the book). I enjoyed the movie - excellent performance by Emily Blunt.

I'm a little too fried to dig deeply into the rants, though I read them and enjoy them. I thought I would take a couple of quick shots of general responses.

-There is the world as we perceive it (subjective), the world as we wish it was (illusion) and the world that is. If you reconcile them you will find that dissatisfaction, anger, hatred, fear will drop away. Then, you will be in the moment and in that moment you will known peace and happiness.

-I'm pretty much a pure capitalist. I look at it as a game in which, if you learn the rules, you can master the game easy enough. Capitalism is an amoral system - morality or perceptions of morality enter into it with us, as human beings. The rules of capitalism are the tools with which we build our lives in this world.

-Confession: Capitalism has been very good to me and mine because, grounding in my own ethic, I apply the tools and fruits of capitalism to things that I see as virtuous. The three greatest things I learned in B-School were 1.) Humans are utility maximizing creatures, 2.) the law of supply and demand drives the economic world, and 3. understand the concept of opportunity cost and you'll be able to transform your life and the lives of people around you.

-Greed (the utility maximazing behavior of human beings under the economic man model) is what allows us to accomplish great things, should we bend our will to it.
Okay, that's enough philosophizing for me tonight.

Now, let me settle in to this cool drink and a little bit of Lana Del Rey on the stereo. It's a beautiful evening here, the patio doors are wide open, there is a cool breeze filling the living room. Here, now, this moment is bliss. Hope you all find a moment or two of it tonight. As Buddha says - may all beings know happiness and be free from suffering.

 

[Tiamo15]

You contradicted yourself twice. So, which is it?

Your business was supported, and was not built from the ground up.... Donald.

I try to learn things every day of my life and am still learning. That said, I do question things, and learn much, I just don't talk about the more volatile things. I am not just taught from my family and environment, I seek out for myself what I need to understand.

I spent an incredible amount of effort to build up my business. I truly do think I built it from the ground up. I inherited it from no one. I found a niche and "capitalized" on it.

Good evening Spacelings

Winding down a fairly long day, down to LA and back, but it was a productive meeting and a truly excellent lunch from a little Mexican restaurant down the street (chicken mole mmmm).

Tiamo and TN - yes! Paper cutters are a must anytime you're turning out a bunch of card stock. Do not injure that delicate pleasure hand! Hope you got the chance to watch Girl on a Train - I saw it the other weekend (didn't read the book). I enjoyed the movie - excellent performance by Emily Blunt.

I'm a little too fried to dig deeply into the rants, though I read them and enjoy them. I thought I would take a couple of quick shots of general responses.

-There is the world as we perceive it (subjective), the world as we wish it was (illusion) and the world that is. If you reconcile them you will find that dissatisfaction, anger, hatred, fear will drop away. Then, you will be in the moment and in that moment you will known peace and happiness.

-I'm pretty much a pure capitalist. I look at it as a game in which, if you learn the rules, you can master the game easy enough. Capitalism is an amoral system - morality or perceptions of morality enter into it with us, as human beings. The rules of capitalism are the tools with which we build our lives in this world.

-Confession: Capitalism has been very good to me and mine because, grounding in my own ethic, I apply the tools and fruits of capitalism to things that I see as virtuous. The three greatest things I learned in B-School were 1.) Humans are utility maximizing creatures, 2.) the law of supply and demand drives the economic world, and 3. understand the concept of opportunity cost and you'll be able to transform your life and the lives of people around you.

-Greed (the utility maximazing behavior of human beings under the economic man model) is what allows us to accomplish great things, should we bend our will to it.
Okay, that's enough philosophizing for me tonight.

Now, let me settle in to this cool drink and a little bit of Lana Del Rey on the stereo. It's a beautiful evening here, the patio doors are wide open, there is a cool breeze filling the living room. Here, now, this moment is bliss. Hope you all find a moment or two of it tonight. As Buddha says - may all beings know happiness and be free from suffering.

I agree with Paul here. I also went to business school, but admit I learned most of everything on my own and through experience. Capitalism has been nothing but good for me in my life. I love both the opportunities it has given me and what I've been enabled to give back to the world. I would say more but I have to hurry up and do something.

Oh and the paper cutter is a god-send!

 

[Paul_Chance]

I think there is an inner spark in human beings - maybe innate, most likely learned - that leads us to create. It is the same spark that leads us to write, to sing, to build businesses, to build beautiful things (beautiful objects, beautiful relationships, beautiful lives). I think all human beings are born with that spark - we are the tool makers and the tool users (LOL - and sometimes the tools, been accused of that a time or two). Whether you ascribe it to tens of thousands of years of evolution, genetic memory, or the divine doesn't matter. What matters is that we feed it and nurture it in ourselves and in others.

I've built three successful businesses over the course of my life - each was a great challenge, each was a lot of fun, and each was lucrative in the capitalist sense. I've crashed and burned twice. I'll probably keep doing it until I die or simply can't. In the Army, a long time ago, I learned a key concept that applies across the board.

Always Improve Your Position. In the military sense they mean that, if you're not fight, you should be digging - make that foxhole a little deeper, build that wall a little higher, zero your guns in, remove obstacles. That leads to a life long commitment to learning - read something, learn something, every day. Learn about those things that are useful to you (i.e. professional skills, interpersonal skills) and those things that having meaning for you (art, music, dance, etc.). Make that the pattern of your life, regardless of the circumstances. Use the power of sustained action over time. There is no circumstance in which you cannot learn something cool.

It's a great feeling to look at something and say "this wouldn't be here except for me, the choices I made, the actions I took, the relationships I built".

It's just like masturbation. If you practice enough you can get really good at it.

 

[Chris_Michael]

Perhaps it's because I'm in the field of pharmacy and see both the corporate side (CVS) and government side (DEA), or maybe I'm just a pessimist who has never succeeded in building a business.

However, while you are proudly looking at your businesses and $700,000 houses, I'm seeing the direct reason for why healthcare costs are so high. I'm realizing that I'm a businessman when I should be a medical professional.

I, too, have worked my goddamn ass off from the age of 18 until 24 to receive a doctorate in pharmacy. You think I see my license on the wall and look proudly upon it? I had hoped to have a job with dignity, not some bullshit car salesman job.

Also, your business may be something to be proud of. However, there are many many corporations that are taking advantage of the middle class and the poor. There are tech schools promising jobs out of school (HELLO, IIT TECH???!!!). We have Virginia College just flooding our pharmacies with the worst technicians I have ever had the displeasure to work with. You think Virginia College cares? Fuck no!

Take your eyes off your successful business, your nice houses, and your luxuries for a moment and notice that we live in the country with the most expensive medical care in the entire world. The Affordable Care Act is ironically far from affordable.

No no, you know what? Until you understand medicine, I'm going to bow out of this one. There is no way to see this picture clearly unless you see it from my perspective.

I'll leave it at this. Final say from me. And it's a repeat.

At 16-18 years old, I was the most purebred Republican god ever made. I was in the church every Sunday morning, Sunday night, and Wednesday night. I sang in the choir. I went door knocking trying to save souls for Jesus.

After working for CVS, I am 100% atheist. I know that there is no such thing as a free lunch... but more importantly, there's no such thing as a free moment of somebody's time, a free handshake, a free discussion, or a free friend. Nobody can be trusted, and if you're on the fortunate end of Capitalism, it's too easy to see the good because you benefit. If I wanted to work hard enough and lose my soul, I could pull in six figures. Unfortunately, it took my soul to learn a lesson. A very disastrous lesson.

How can you look at your business and be proud when we live in a country trillions of dollars in debt? How can you say that Capitalism has benefited you when corporations are the ones pushing legislation? How can you ignore all of this?

America will turn into Greece in the end. However, you'll happily be dead and gone. Good for you and your successful business.

Welp, speaking of corporate greed, Bethesda should be releasing Skyrim right about now or sometime tonight. I'll be too busy with it to be ranting on here again. This thread can go back to normal. Have a good evening.

 

[tnman03]

Chris, I understand the pharmacological and healthcare business pretty well, much of what you are so angry about is your perception of how you were treated. There are of course two and sometimes more versions of such stories. What happened with you is a death of idealism and embittered, frustrated anger. I am absolutely convinced you probably did get crapped on somewhere along the way.

FWIW I have friends who are tenured professors and department heads of some pretty good universities who have stories of indignation and unfairness as well. Ditto for attorneys, CPA's and Info Tech's. Engineers are facing massive problems with outsourcing and favored immigrant visas. I suspect some thoughts are kicked around for doing the same in your field.

Teddy Roosevelt's The Man in the Arena Speech is one of those pick yourself up and keep on going motivational marvels.

"It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly...who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at best, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt, 1910

A bit of public venting might blow off some steam but grounding yourself to the realities beyond your control is a bit of practical wisdom. Have a good night and get some sleep.

 

[Tiamo15]

I think there is an inner spark in human beings - maybe innate, most likely learned - that leads us to create. It is the same spark that leads us to write, to sing, to build businesses, to build beautiful things (beautiful objects, beautiful relationships, beautiful lives). I think all human beings are born with that spark - we are the tool makers and the tool users (LOL - and sometimes the tools, been accused of that a time or two). Whether you ascribe it to tens of thousands of years of evolution, genetic memory, or the divine doesn't matter. What matters is that we feed it and nurture it in ourselves and in others.

I've built three successful businesses over the course of my life - each was a great challenge, each was a lot of fun, and each was lucrative in the capitalist sense. I've crashed and burned twice. I'll probably keep doing it until I die or simply can't. In the Army, a long time ago, I learned a key concept that applies across the board.

Always Improve Your Position. In the military sense they mean that, if you're not fight, you should be digging - make that foxhole a little deeper, build that wall a little higher, zero your guns in, remove obstacles. That leads to a life long commitment to learning - read something, learn something, every day. Learn about those things that are useful to you (i.e. professional skills, interpersonal skills) and those things that having meaning for you (art, music, dance, etc.). Make that the pattern of your life, regardless of the circumstances. Use the power of sustained action over time. There is no circumstance in which you cannot learn something cool.

It's a great feeling to look at something and say "this wouldn't be here except for me, the choices I made, the actions I took, the relationships I built".

It's just like masturbation. If you practice enough you can get really good at it.

I love that we can all be a spark and do something with that energy.

As for masturbation, I was thinking I might have to learn how to masturbate with my left hand. (My right hand was cramping up today.) I don't think that's possible for me as a woman. Maybe I just need a ton of practice! Or use a tool.

Perhaps it's because I'm in the field of pharmacy and see both the corporate side (CVS) and government side (DEA), or maybe I'm just a pessimist who has never succeeded in building a business.

However, while you are proudly looking at your businesses and $700,000 houses, I'm seeing the direct reason for why healthcare costs are so high. I'm realizing that I'm a businessman when I should be a medical professional.

I, too, have worked my goddamn ass off from the age of 18 until 24 to receive a doctorate in pharmacy. You think I see my license on the wall and look proudly upon it? I had hoped to have a job with dignity, not some bullshit car salesman job.

Also, your business may be something to be proud of. However, there are many many corporations that are taking advantage of the middle class and the poor. There are tech schools promising jobs out of school (HELLO, IIT TECH???!!!). We have Virginia College just flooding our pharmacies with the worst technicians I have ever had the displeasure to work with. You think Virginia College cares? Fuck no!

Take your eyes off your successful business, your nice houses, and your luxuries for a moment and notice that we live in the country with the most expensive medical care in the entire world. The Affordable Care Act is ironically far from affordable.

No no, you know what? Until you understand medicine, I'm going to bow out of this one. There is no way to see this picture clearly unless you see it from my perspective.

I'll leave it at this. Final say from me. And it's a repeat.

At 16-18 years old, I was the most purebred Republican god ever made. I was in the church every Sunday morning, Sunday night, and Wednesday night. I sang in the choir. I went door knocking trying to save souls for Jesus.

After working for CVS, I am 100% atheist. I know that there is no such thing as a free lunch... but more importantly, there's no such thing as a free moment of somebody's time, a free handshake, a free discussion, or a free friend. Nobody can be trusted, and if you're on the fortunate end of Capitalism, it's too easy to see the good because you benefit. If I wanted to work hard enough and lose my soul, I could pull in six figures. Unfortunately, it took my soul to learn a lesson. A very disastrous lesson.

How can you look at your business and be proud when we live in a country trillions of dollars in debt? How can you say that Capitalism has benefited you when corporations are the ones pushing legislation? How can you ignore all of this?

America will turn into Greece in the end. However, you'll happily be dead and gone. Good for you and your successful business.

Welp, speaking of corporate greed, Bethesda should be releasing Skyrim right about now or sometime tonight. I'll be too busy with it to be ranting on here again. This thread can go back to normal. Have a good evening.

What I do know is the people that inspire and achieve to make this world a better place are an asset to humanity. Sure we have some issues, but hopefully we can figure it out yet. Our civilization hasn't been around that long, compared to the longevity I foresee us having in the long run.

I understand your frustrations, but please keep things private that should be private.

Hugs. Get some sleep! You had a rough day.

 

[Chris_Michael]

Yeah, you too.

 

[Azuldrgon]

*starts coffee*

Good morning all.

Yesterday seemed like a pretty insightful day. Between Chris' dissertations and learning about some of the ideals you all have, I think a pretty easy and fun question might be in order.

So, tell me about the silliest situation you have been in recently. Not embarrassing because my goal is not to embarrass anyone, but tell us about the silliest situation.

For example, my silliest situation in recent history was a conversation I watched between a coworker and a supervisor regarding the Seahawk game last weekend. There was a disagreement between the two over when the game was to start since we are in the Pacific Time Zone. My coworker kept the point that the Sunday Night game always starts at 5:30 our time. My supervisor tried to argue that since Phoenix is an hour ahead that it starts at 4:30. Even though we used Google to narrow it down(coworker was right)my supervisor was adamant.

Probably not my silliest, but definitely still makes me laugh over a week later.

 

[SoulAssasin247]

Good Morning to all.

 

[starrynightin64]

Peeks in looking for some coffee.
It's PT day so my butt will be handed to me on a platter while they dig deep to get the knots out of my torn bicep.

I get to play Santa there today tho. The girl who is the administrator asst / reception is a single mom going to school to become a nurse. She doesn't have a computer at home and has to come into work to use their to do her homework. As geeks my team has stuff to build PCs all over the place. So in my truck is a desk top, monitor, keyboard and mouse, loaded up for her so she can be at home more with her son and still get her homework done.

Add in there is a volunteer coming in to my PT today to pick up the child's walker from Saturday's event to clean it up and get it into the hands of a kid who needs it but can't afford it.

Love being able to help others who need it

 

[Paul_Chance]

Good Morning Spacelings

A nice and quiet morning here. We've got a nice wave of rain coming in later in the day (California needs all the rain it can get) so that will make for a pleasant afternoon.

Starry - I think at a very human level helping people is one of the things I like in this life. I was raised in an environment with the concept of extended family and community and a strong sense of community responsibility. It is one of the things that brings me joy in this life. I love the little stories share because I can relate to them. Keep up the good work!

Tiamo - LOL - I'm right handed as well. I joke that when it comes to masturbation my left hand is strictly there as an observer and cheering section.

Chris - enjoy Skyrim, I hope it lives up to your expectations! I've enjoyed the Skyrim franchise in general and am looking forward to playing the new one - though, being intimately familiar with the software business I tend to give new games a couple of months to work off their bugs before I dive into them.

Good morning Soul - hope your days good.

TNMan - I've always loved that quote since I was younger and learned what it meant. It dovetails with my approach to life - get in, get going, keep going. I am also fond of Kipling's "If".

 

[tnman03]

Paul, it's nice to find someone else here in Lit. Land whose spent time reading Kipling and who recognizes the significance of TR's quotes. Both men were very much products of there times and their works sit badly with todays conception of political correctness. The problem with idealism is it distorts ones perception of actual reality.

 

[Paul_Chance]

I've have a long time relationship with Kipling - he was a pretty amazing writer and poet and is a brilliant window onto his time. So much of what he wrote echoes down into this era as well as we, as a society, struggle with many of the same things he wrote about. I can quote Kipling at length for inspiration and understanding.

Azul - probably the silliest thing we have going right now is work related. One of the support people brought one of those metallic featureless masks into the office as they slip into Halloween celebration mode and they've named it "Mr. Peepers". Mr. Peepers keeps popping up on teleconferences and is now offering official advice and input. Who ever happens to wear Mr. Peepers always talks in the third person. It's very entertaining as some of the office folks are very funny since they're using it to mimic/satire various members of the staff.