So, there’s going to be this great big party and sporting event in Vancouver called the Winter Olympics. It’s starting, well, it started years ago, but the peak of excitement is Feb. 12 - 28. And yeah, I’m excited.
Yesterday, Rachael, our office manager, turned in extended notice to my company. Her desire to depart comes on the heels of similar news from Justin, our senior programmer, who told us just after Christmas that he was going to go into business for himself. Suddenly, after several years of having multiple employees, I face the imminent prospect of having none.
The latest craze these days is formspring.me, a service that lets people ask anonymous questions: questions about me, about the world, about anything. I’m game.
“Almost every American I know does trade large portions of his life for entertainment, hour by weeknight hour, binge by Saturday binge, Facebook check by Facebook check. I’m one of them. In the course of writing this I’ve watched all 13 episodes of House of Cards and who knows how many more West Wing episodes, and I’ve spent any number of blurred hours falling down internet rabbit holes. All instead of reading, or writing, or working, or spending real time with people I love.”
“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”
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