On A Bold Strategic Move by Russia

If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves. – Stalin Let’s get something factual before we begin.  Georgia (as in the Republic of Georgia) poked a bear (Russia) and the bear didn’t just swat at Georgia, it went after it full force.  Full invasion is smart […]

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On Vacation

Times are a changing and even the greatest staff writer needs a vacation.  So review the last few posts, and we’ll get back to writing more stories.  It’ll be about 2 weeks. Thanks to our readers.  You can still contact us. (see authors page)

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On Standup Comics and Race

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition.- Abraham Lincoln Let us talk about Race, Just like we did before. How acceptable is it to tell a stereotype joke if you are from that stereotype? and dO you have to tell a stereotype joke? We ask this because there are many comics out there […]

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On being too busy for Lunch

We are too busy for lunch. I have come to this conclusion after failing to do something I have written in my hand twice today. This is just as impactful because I wrote it all last week. “Get lunch” I know there are people who schedule lunch. Infact there are people I cannot speak with […]

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On America Inc., and Your Money

…corporations have been enthroned, … and the Money Power of the Country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the People, until the wealth is aggregated in a few hands, and the Republic is destroyed.” – Abraham Lincoln   If you don’t know by now, the US economy is in […]

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On Teams and not Committees

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“Organization doesn’t really accomplish anything. Plans don’t accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don’t much matter. Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.” – Colin Powell

A team comprises a group of people or animals linked in a common purpose. while a committee is a group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols. Amazingly enough the definitions are almost similar but while a committee is a team, a team isn’t always a committee.

The best team is refreshed one or 2 people at a time. The team needs it’s veterans to explain why the team does certain things, and , and to share their experience, while the veteran need new blood and new ideas. Without either, the team gets stagnant without new blood and does thing it doesn’t understand without veterans.

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OceansOfThought @ August 21, 2008

On the Purpose of Time, minus Light

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Clocks slay time… time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.  ~William Faulkner

In this plane of existance that we share and inhabbit.. time is the factor.
The fastest thing we know allows us to see ourselves and relativeisticly know when something happens, a state has changed and we can observe it. This is the true theory of time. Change.

When we move at the speed of light, time slows down (The General Theory of Relatively). Time may not stop, but we are moving so fast we (humans) cannot observe a change of state. More on page 128

OceansOfThought @ August 19, 2008

On the Accident of Birth Order

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Being pretty on the inside means you don’t hit your brother and you eat all your peas – that’s what my grandma taught me.  – Lord Chesterfield

I sometimes think it is a terrible thing we do to the oldest of those who are born.  Being born of this wholesomely unlucky number of being the first, one is saddled with being “Responsible” right off without any chance of choosing another life.  

This occurred to me as I watched a particular grueling episode of a TV show, where a family disintegrated.  The argument was cliche, as well as the “you never loved me.” And the “you don’t know what I gave up for you.” and the ever popular. “I had to be the responsible one.” But then I thought…, Why? Why was it cliche, after all, even sterotypes have to come up from somewhere. 

Now, one does not choose to be first, and it’s clear that one’s choices after the second child is born, are severely limited.  From day one is taught to take care, protect and be mindful of one’s siblings.  This pressure only increases if there is one parent, because the eldest becomes the defacto next parent.   I do not find any of this wrong, or bad, I wonder however if this accident of birth order is enough to justify the pain in the later years. 

OceansOfThought @ August 18, 2008