Birthday Weekend
No pictures - which is good. I often find that too many snapshots during group gatherings tends to make the occasion more like a production rather than a genuine meeting of people who have some catching up to do. The picture-taking can be detrimental to conversation. (Or it can be a life-saver if conversation is just that bad.) Besides, Saturday's celebration was the org barbecue, and those people tend to be camera shy. As for Sunday, it was just me and Mabelle - who would want a picture of that? (Well, maybe Mabelle who, surprisingly, did not insist on her cuteness this time.)
The sad part was I was sick both days. I let the org barbecue continue because I was the host and didn't want to cancel things at the last minute. I had to see Mabelle as well, since she would soon have to go back to her regularly scheduled med life. I enjoyed them both and forgot about the pain for a while.
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Atlas Shrugged. Engaging. Can't put it down. Like The Fountainhead, I don't necessarily agree with everything Ayn Rand is suggesting, but I appreciate that the ideas are giving me the chance to do some heavy thinking, directly confronting my ideas about work, society, and business. It's important to bring one's own ideas and beliefs under rigorous testing. How easy it is to get lost and be so out of touch with the world when you're complacent.
The sad part was I was sick both days. I let the org barbecue continue because I was the host and didn't want to cancel things at the last minute. I had to see Mabelle as well, since she would soon have to go back to her regularly scheduled med life. I enjoyed them both and forgot about the pain for a while.
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Atlas Shrugged. Engaging. Can't put it down. Like The Fountainhead, I don't necessarily agree with everything Ayn Rand is suggesting, but I appreciate that the ideas are giving me the chance to do some heavy thinking, directly confronting my ideas about work, society, and business. It's important to bring one's own ideas and beliefs under rigorous testing. How easy it is to get lost and be so out of touch with the world when you're complacent.