Today’s weather is perfect. It is a little above 80 degrees. I am enjoying it. There is an upcoming problem though… that would be the next week. Temperatures are supposed to be near 100 this weekend and pretty much all next week. That is hot. To make matters worse, my oldest has a soccer tournament this weekend, so we’ll be sitting in the sun most of the day. That is going to be rough.
So I have been wondering a lot lately about the “afterlife”. What is in store for us? Generally speaking, I believe we die, go to Heaven (hopefully) or Hell (please not). That said though, I tend to believe there are ghosts and I do believe I save seen some. I will save those stories for another time. So that leads me to believe there is a between state. Where you haven’t ascended to Heaven nor have you been banished to Hell. I have also heard stories and watched movies about people believe they have lived and can recall their past lives. I don’t really believe that. While I believe that we may be given an opportunity to come back to Earth to live another life, if we wind up in Heaven, I find the nonsense about past life recall…. well nonsense. If you believe in God, than you believe God is powerful enough to make that memory one that cannot be recovered.
While I would like to think death is like a skinemax movie (I can roam the Earth, drinking beer, hanging out with my friends and watching girls undress) I am guessing it is not like that at all. I have a hard time imagining what it will be like. Part of me believes that I will become this mass of light and energy, then the Catholic in me kicks in and I believe I will ascend to Heaven in my bodily form to live in bliss for eternity. I like that idea a lot. I don’t know if I would want to return to Earth. The endless possibilities of returning to a worse life are enough to think I will stay right where I am. I have lived a good life so far. I have a loving family, I never really wanted for much in my childhood. I wasn’t rich by any means, but my parents always worked hard to provide for us. I have a lot of complaints, but in terms of the life I was given and the family and friends I have, I have been truly blessed.
Now, if I cannot go to Heaven, I will take option 2, hanging out with my friends, drinking beer and watching naked ladies. Hopefully I have a nice pair of kicks.
Every morning I wake up, brush my teeth, shave and head out to work. Each day I get to work and I wonder what will this new day bring that will just piss me off. Now, I really try not to be negative. I do. I do! I know that people think I see the glass as half empty. That is true. It’s not that I cannot see the water in the glass, I just want the glass to be full. I appreciate the half glas of water I have, but I don’t see what is wrong with wanting a fuller glass.
This brings me to my job. I am very happy to have a job. I work really hard for the company that employs me. I have looked the other way as people treated me and thers absolutely miserably, but went unscathed because “sales people bring in money”. I always say “they can’t sell anything if I don’t keep their computers and servers running”. Which is true. Whether or not you realize it, you IT staff in your organization is what keeps things ticking. You need to make a sale? You want to get reimbursed for expenses? You want to develop software? You want a paycheck? Well all these things depend upon your IT department. Without the computers you use and the servers you use, not only would you not be able to do your jobs, your companies would not be able to cut your paychecks. Remember that the next time you are asked by your Help Desk to look under your desk and tell them your port #. “That’s your job” really isn’t an appropriate answer to give someone trying to help you. In fact, when you say things like this, it just tells us that you don’t really want help at all.
On another topic…. NBA. What are the Blazers thinking? Offer Brandon Roy the max deal. Quit screwing around with this 4 year BS and give him the contract he has earned. Aldridge deserves pertty close to the max as well. Get it done now. If you let them become restricted free agents at the end of the year, there is a very good chance that you will lose one if not both. Yes, you have the option to match any offer, but disrespecting your top players is not how you bring in top free agents. Kevin Pritchard, I am beggin you… please….. get it done.
Well, weekend is almost over and back to work in the Morning. My youngest son was up all last night throwing up, so we’re all pretty exhausted. Seems like he got the flu, but he had no other symptoms. Thought maybe it was food poisoning, but he really didn’t eat anything he hasn’t eaten before. Urgent Care gave him something to help the nausea, but all it did was make him throw up on a more regular basis. Thankfull, he is doing much better today, but he will have to miss school tomorrow.
My wife showed me this video clip from SNL the other night. If ou remember Dick in a Box, it is sort of a continuation of that. It’s really funny and I thought I would pass it on.
