In Remembrance

Wishing everyone a happy Memorial Day weekend. Let us give the respect & honor due to those who have fought, served and paid the ultimate price to help ensure our freedoms and the American way of life.

This entry dedicated to . . .

I'm going to dedicate this 'blog entry to a certain little girl I know. Just to make it clear, by "dedicate" I mean "this entry will be fully about her", not "this entry is in her honor". I hope it will serve as some warning to any unfortunate soul who encounters her in the future. Obviously, I don't want to publish her full name--I'm a bit more considerate than that. So, we'll just call her L. Sheirich. Hmm, no that's a bit too obvious. Let's refer to her simply as Lori. I met her at work, and about a year ago decided to try and start a relationship with her. We went out once . . . not even an actual date, really--just lunch. On the surface, she appears to be a rather attractive young woman . . . very pretty, intelligent, several of the key building blocks of a pleasant personality. Unfortunately, while she is in her mid-twenties, she's got the maturity of a 12-year-old. Basically, if you happen upon her, and are the kind of person who isn't bothered by frequent dishonesty, outright & blatant rudeness and enjoy the presence of someone who mentally and emotionally has never left Junior High School, then by all means have some fun with her. If, on the other hand, you prefer your friends/romantic interests to be honest (especially when asked a direct question), don't tolerate unexplained & unwarranted "cold shoulders" & rudeness; if you're looking for someone who understands the meaning of things like "friendly behavior", "maturity", "honesty", "respect" and "acting like an adult", or if you're actually looking for a serious relationship, then I strongly suggest you stay well clear of this little girl--she will cause you nothing but aggravation.

Now, I want to make it clear here that this rant is not being spurred by a single bad date, or one isolated incident. As I said before, my one "date" with Lori occurred about a year ago. Since then, however, I have been subjected to a constant stream of rudeness. And that doesn't mean just a simple lack of courtesy. I'm talking about putting up with her making a show of turning her nose up, turning her back on me or otherwise demonstrating her contempt. These actions have been so blatant that a co-worker, who had absolutely no knowledge of any interaction between us, made a comment on it. When asked if I had done or said anything to offend or anger her (so that I could have the opportunity to apologize and ensure it didn't happen again), her response was what one would expect from a 12-year-old and the rudeness was dialed up a notch. Anyway, enough bitching. Like I said, guys, if you encounter her, turn around and leave . . . run away, fast, and don't look back.

Notice a pattern?

This is rather interesting. And amusing in a way. And sad. Guess it just goes to show that our political system really is determined by the lowest common denominator.

No e-vote for you!

Glad to see someone in power taking a stand against the touchscreen voting. There have been too many problems demonstrated with them already to prove they're not ready for prime time. Add to that the fact that they do not have any re-count capability, no paper trail, no verification method, etc. and I just can not, in good conscience, support them. And before anyone goes accusing me of being a technophobe, it should be noted that I work in IT. As a matter of fact, the company I work for does standardized testing . . . the scoring process isn't that far removed from e-vote tallying. And I can tell you from experience that a paper trail is needed. I am a little disappointed that it took so long for someone to finally put their foot down--even though the election is 6 months away, it's close enough to where this sudden shift in policy is going to have some serious repercussions. But I think I'd rather deal with those bumpy roads than trust the e-voting machines.