Huh?

Interesting Reading Material

I worked very late last night, at least very late for me (11:30P). Being a trusty and industrious WSU employee insures that that type of thing happens on a somewhat seldom basis. Not to say we don't work, we just don't work long hours (or weekends, or official holidays, or qwanza (sp?), or personal holidays (and yes we're given one of those every year), or during the equinox, or when we don't feel quite right, or flag day (hey, at least one person has made it a celebration day), or any other perceived day that a reasonable person would think that he/she shouldn't work, and etc...). However on that night I was determined to finish my experiment and put myself a day ahead. I didn't do either, but what I did have a chance to do was to follow some links to the Blogs of other people that I know, while the chemicals were churning on the stove. I do get to work with cool chemicals. Nitric Acid, Hydrochloric Acid, Sulfuric Acid...is anyone seeing a pattern here? At least the acids have cool stuff in them: Plutonium, Uranium, Americium, and Thorium to name four.

It is really very interesting to read what people write on these sites. I had worked with some of the people that I read last night, like the Booth. In the Booths case he pretty much talked about the things he writes about. So, here's outside validation that the Booth is the real article (sorry about your name not being linked, and the poor pun). I also visited the sites of Rich G, Joffre (no last name needed, he's famous), Remy, Christin, and many other sites that I wasn't sure if I knew their authors or not. Many of whom, I also worked with, but time and duties would not allow for the type of discussions that would have given the knowledge of them that their sites did. I also visited the NSABlog...consistent with what I know of those folks.

Overall, I've decided that at least one really cool convention comes through this medium, and that is people tend to write their thoughts, but they think about them again before publishing. So basically we get polished thoughts and ideas. It's true; I have an incredible knack for the painfully obvious. Another really cool thing that I've discovered, is that many of my friends can write. I would put the Booths sports commentary up with any sportswriter, in fact, Aaron probably does better and more interesting research. The rest of the people I named are just very interesting. The thoughts that come out are truly of value to a short-sighted individual like me.

I've always said the one of the best things that happened to me, was to be stuck working with Matthew Greydanus for three harvests. I only thought of it as stuck for the first few days, and then he won me over with his charm. You'd have know him to understand that. My friendship with guys like Matt, and many of you are like Matt, have been sustained opportunities to loosen the ties that bind my shoes so tightly. Many of you who know me, know that's necessary. Well, I didn't have much to say except thanks, and keep writing. At least I'll be reading them, well, not everyday, but at least sometimes (is that wrong of me?).