Wild Abandon

Yet another busy day at work. I left there right at 11pm tonite trying to resolve a lot of issues. On one issue, I can’t determine how they are having the problem, nor can I repeat their problem, which to me indicates that the problem lies somewhere else. On the other problem associated with our foreign supplier, I actually dug up an old email from June of last year that told them they needed to resolve the same issue which just reared it’s ugly head. They never did anything to solve the problem. Grrrrrrr! The second problem also has a couple of parts to it, so I’m taking a firm stand on eliminating the foreign made parts from one of our projects. In our conference call with the supplier tonite, Pete, who deals more with the purchasing side of our projects, said I was getting a little too passionate about some of the items, and that it showed. Eh, perhaps so. But what's really bad is when the engineer in the meeting is talking more about the quality of the parts than the manager of the quality systems. Sad.

In an awesome piece of news this morning, and throughout the day, San Francisco began issuing legal wedding licenses. As one proponent this morning indicated, the city was issuing the license, but that they would not force any church or religious organization to perform the weddings. Perhaps that’s what scares most people: that their church would have to accept gay marriages. But they won’t. They can continue their discrimination of the very people that God and Jesus would probably fully accept into their religion. I mean, come on, Jesus was the one who went out of his way to practice diversity and love for all. He was the only one who would help the lepers and people who had been treated badly by society. Anyway, allowing gay marriages would provide the same rights to those that are straight, and prevents discrimination of basic rights. It allows the government to issue a marriage license and, thus, the extension of benefits to loved ones. It doesn’t force religions or churches to provide gay marriages to those they don’t want to marry. I’m sure there are plenty of churches and justices of peace that would provide such service. I mean, what is it going to hurt allowing gay people to get married? Is it going to raise the divorce rate? I don’t think so. Is it going to destroy the sanctity of marriage? Puh leeez....have you watched Jerry Springer lately? There is so much disparity and destruction of relationships on that show, and in everyday life, that gay marriages are not going to change the overall level of marriage sanctity associated with the straight population.

Oh, yeah, I like scanning my horoscope every once in a while, just to read them for fun and a different take on life sometimes. Lately, they seem to say a lot about moving into a different part of my life. Today’s seemed pretty cool as well:

Cancer
You're the one making all the noise. You have energy to burn. You're like a child in overdrive when all the world is his or her playground. Don't be surprised if children or childlike adults follow you through your day, drawn by the scent of wild abandon that you trail behind you. You used to be one thing, and now you're becoming something else. The spirit of transformation is on the move in your life. You're the instigator of restless change. You nurture anyone who needs a shot of your happiness. You're a free-floating friend to all who would play with you.

How funny, huh? Scent of Wild Abandon...yours at Kara's Perfume Shop, or for best results, just stick close to her for a little while.

Anyway, it’s late, and I am headed to bed. One more day of work...hopefully.

T-Minus Day 2.