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Friday, May 02, 2003 :::
Could Be Worse, Could Be Raining
Another long-winded explanation leading to my point...
I've been talking to Romanian Neighbor a lot lately. She's been regaling me with tales of life under the Ceausescu regime and the Romanian Revolution in 1989. This reminds me how good we got it here. Sure, my friends and I have had our share of personal tragedies: divorce, death in the family, things like that. But from a stable government point of view we got it pretty damn good here. Sometimes when I'm pissing and moaning too much I do try and think about what is good in my life, and there is a lot.
However, you can take that a little too far. The following is statement from a staff meeting at a job I used to have. Jobs were being cut, the boss was evil, we were getting tons of new computers and no training or people to take care of them, and morale was in the toilet.
The evil boss said:
"I used to work at a library in Africa during a Civil War. Our library was under artillery fire. No matter how bad your job is, tell yourself 'At least I'm not under artillery fire.' "
I kept my mouth shut. But in my head I was screaming, "If the best thing you can say about my job is that I'm not under artillery fire, then f*ck you."
That is, unless you're in the Army.
Quote of the Day:
Recently, I went through a bunch of correspondence of Jefferson, Madison, etc. for a research paper. I love the way those guys used to sign off on letters, here are some samples of their sign-offs:
"I have the Honour to be, with the greatest Respect, Your Excellency's most obedt. & most humble Servant."
"I shall therefore only add assurances of the esteem and respect with which I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient and humble servant."
"Health and affectionate salutns to Mrs. M. and yourself."
"But do not let them so entirely engross you as to forget that you have one here who is with the most sincere esteem and attachment Dear Madam your most obedient & most humble servant."
::: posted by tom at 11:01 PM
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