Disappointment

When someone very close to you disappoints you greatly, it can blindside you. It can shock and enrage. It can tempt you into trivializing their transgression, or offering immature promises. It can do many things. What it does, with absolute certainty, is provide an opportunity to observe the world more clearly. 

I am currently whether I've got the stomach to take off rose-colored glasses.

Character is Destiny

Character is destiny. Not genetics. Not personal history. Character is destiny. It's the story of Lincoln, of every great American, of every great person who rose from nothing to shape themselves, and to shape their world. It is a terrifying, unforgiving truth, affording no room for excuses. Yet, if we embrace it, it will carry us to where we must go.

New Facebook Virus: "Redhot sexy girl in thong dancing [HQ]"

Update 4 - probably the last (11:27) Daniel Aguilar recommends Antivir Personal, a free antivirus software from filehippo.com. Link is here: http://www.filehippo.com/download_antivir/

Update 3 (10:14): This hubpages page (http://hubpages.com/hub/How-To-Remove-Koobface-Virus) links to free anti-spyware software that received good reviews from CNET (though they warn that some settings can lead to slower performance, story here: http://download.cnet.com/Spyware-Terminator/3000-8022_4-10741021.html). Also, it lists the registry files you need to change, if you should feel like removing it manually.

Death in Tehran

The title does not refer to the current state of Iranian politics. Rather, it’s the title of a story. Here’s the version that appears in Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning:

A rich and mighty Persian once walked in his garden with one of his servants. The servant cried that he had just encountered Death, who had threatened him. He begged his master to give him his fastest horse so that he could make haste and flee to Teheran, which he could reach that same evening. The master consented and the servant galloped off on the horse. On returning to his house the master himself met Death, and questioned him, “Why did you terrify and threaten my servant?” “I did not threaten him; I only showed surprise in still finding him here when I planned to meet him tonight in Teheran,” said Death.

Why is California cutting Adult Education in the middle of a recession/jobless recovery?

It’s sad, but it’s possible that the most important thing I took away from today’s job fair was a news story. The Bassett Adult School rep – incredibly knowledgeable and competent, especially compared to a lot of other reps – informed me that California adult education programs are being cut across the state. Orders aren’t coming from Sacramento – instead, K-12 districts are making the choice.

Previously, adult education was a “categorical program” – a program funded separately from a district’s general fund. This system made sense, especially if some of that money came from the Feds with specific provisions.

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Some stats - eliminating pictures, I've written 241 12-font MS Word pages of text on this blog. 12,707 words. My God - this is where all the time went.

I decided to try something and do a Wordle cloud for each year to note some changes. No time right now to comment on it, but even a cursory glance indicates some interesting shifts.

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