Category: Random

Yet again, another frightening attack on children. The NYTimes does a
good job here exploring some if the possible causes of this string of
attacks. Questions are raised, though some of the hypothesis are
simplistic. It will be telling if the Chinese government finally
decides to deal with the issue versus simply hiding it.

From The New York Times:

Seven Children Killed in School Attack in China

The children and a teacher were stabbed to death at a kindergarten in
China in the latest in a bizarre series of attacks on children.

http://nyti.ms/dnJwYW

Modern monkeys mastcating meatloaf mull meaningful melodies. Madly,
masterfully modifying moronic mysteries.

Still wondering about my career next steps. I’ve been an admin so long, it’s hard to envision some other role. I like to picture myself in some creative function, whether writer, web designer, or such. Yet I wonder whether I’m gifted creatively. Am I pursuing something I have no talent in?

When I consider what people tell me I’m gifted at, it isn’t art. I’m a talented organizer, manager, even a good analyst. There is so very much more to learn to be excellent in those roles.

Perhaps these views are due to limited exposure of my creative efforts? I don’t show my work much. I’m a bit self-concious, still. Perhaps a residual of my suburban upbringing? Maybe that should be a focus of mine in the near-term?

As my contract at Microsoft creeps upon it’s end date, these discussions take on an added urgency. Yet answers aren’t easily forthcoming.

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Drill-Baby-Drill, originally uploaded by carl.setzer.

Needed to fix a stupid typo. “Drill Baby Brill” indeed! I are a colledge graduit?

I’ve been exploring MyNetDiary.com’s offerings. Particularly their iPhone app. Though not surprised by the number of calories I consume, I am stunned by the amount of fat and just blown away by the amount of sodium. Eating fewer calories won’t be the real challenge. Getting my sodium intake to a healthy level, though, will require wholesale lifestyle rework.

– Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Perhaps I’m the only Macfan that’s not gaga over the iPad. It’s an interesting idea, but I’m just not sold on the concept. For what it offers, I think it would be valuable (to me) at a much lower price-point. Say, < $100. Then I could conceive. Heck, if it were $200 I would be sorely, SORELY tempted. But not $500. It doesn’t offer me much more than my iPhone. And I almost never use my Sony eReader (if the Mac version of the desktop software actually worked with it, then I might use it more). Anyway, if the iPad had handwriting recognition, or could do more with photo editing…I don’t know.

Over the winter I noticed the congregation of crows off around 405
near the Beardslee exit on Bothell. Masses of them, swarming, much
like starlings, without the elegance. As the weather has warmed up,
this feathered city has dissipated.

Trees have been in bloom for quite some time. This, too, is a delight.
Most all trees are at least in bud, the majority laden with blossoms.
A few stragglers remain. I noticed bees a few weeks back. True honey
bees. And I'm will not mistake a hornet for a bee.

Our weather has embraced a Spring mania. Rain, followed by sleet,
fading to hail, with some snow for good measure. Intermixed with
random bursts of sunshine. Life in the Northwest under the shadow of
the covergence zone.