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We Are Away
Yesterday my fears of things going horribly wrong again were reenforced. Humanity today looks like a weathered statue, eroded by years of folly, insanity and evil. In half a century, this world will look very alien to what it seems today. Those who know what I speak of, know what to fear. Those that don’t,…
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Running Along the Mirror’s Edge
I apologize for not posting anything yesterday. For once I could not write anything useful, incitiful or positive. So I decided not to write. Or rather my inaction made it so I didn’t. Today is different. Emotions now ran their course. Tranquility. This morning I decided to try something different. I bought a copy of…
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Your Shipment of Fail Has Arrived
Today I am producing and delivery shipments of fail. Late, missing meetings, missing the point, having to reschedule due to my perception of time (or the lack of more accurately) et cetera. I have exceeded my expectations of how absent minded one can be. So apologies to everyone. Today is not going according to any…
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The Challenging Trek Ahead
For lack of a better use of time before work starts, I am blogging. Or rather I am trying to wake up and be alert for the day ahead. Coffee helped revive some of dead nerves. Writing hopefully will get me thinking in a coherent fashion. I have to do this because I have a…
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Echo: Good Little Girl Syndrome
In response to Marika’s post: Hmm… ok my opinion might not be the most popular but since you asked. Women are women. Men are men. They are built differently, so why shouldn’t they act, interact and work differently? I’m not endorsing sexist division of any form here. I firmly believe that every individual should be…
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An Empty Day
I’ve been waiting for one of these days for a long time. This is the kind of day, where you ask. “So what should I do?” And the world answers, “Whatever you’d like.” I plan on calling such days “empty days”. An empty day is not really empty. Rather these days act just like the…
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Coping with Disappointment
Disappointments turn up everyday. Sometimes it can be personal like a lost love, a deathly sick relative, a bad business decision or any kind of personal loss. If you run out personal worries, the newspaper will happily provide more: war, crime, job losses, a bad economy, overzealous governments, et cetera ad nauseum. At times it…
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Patience and the Art of the Tortoise
Observing nature teaches us many things. This week I look towards the stone tortoise for inspiration. On my last trip to Poland, one of my mother’s university friends gave me a farewell gift. She gave me a tiny red stone tortoise statue, to keep on my desk and to inspire me. She said it should…
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Drained
I just read Marika’s blog on hunger. And I felt compelled to blog something in return. But today I draw a blank. Yesterday drained the life and will out of me. Not complaining, since it was all my invention and doing. Still the fact remains, I feel drained and without will. And life feels greyer…
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Why I Like Free Software and Freedom
Adding freedom to software is a great business tactic. It gives back control to the customer, who now becomes not just another faceless entity to pilfer. Now the customer becomes a client, a person with real goals, ambitions and needs. And libre software/open source is a guarantee to serve those needs. But it need not…