It’s scary how fragile life is. It’s equally as amazing how the passing of someone you barely knew could have such a profound impact on your day. A really good friend of mine lost a really good friend of his this week at a very young age. I didn’t know the him very well, though I was friends with him on Facebook. I know he and I lived completely opposite lives. We never would have gotten along politically but we both had a great friend in common.
So I sit here, four hours away, feeling completely helpless. I deeply mourn his passing because I know how much it’s impacting my friend. I think I am mourning more for my friend but I know the world has lost a great guy and music in South Bend will never be the same. Is it strange for me to feel so awful for someone that I didn’t know that well? Perhaps its because I know that my friend is going through a very rough time right now and perhaps I’m experiencing that vicariously.
Thank God for my friends wife! I’m glad that he has her to be there for him during this awful time. It shouldn’t take tragedy to be thankful for all the blessings the Lord has given us but it is often the time when I think about it the most. We should take comfort in knowing that there will be good music waiting for us in heaven when we get there because we know now that heaven has a new DJ.
Rest in Peace Reverend Ryno.
Issue 50: Hello Everybody! I can’t believe I am sending out the 50th issue of this email/post. I hope all of you have found the stories I provide useful and interesting. This issue has some updates on some titles many of us may have forgotten about. Since Blizzard and Bioware have been doing random server maintenance perhaps this will be a good thing to check out during that down time.
There is some subjectivity to this topic. Obviously what you wear to work will depend on what your job entails. I’m going to be speaking from the perspective of the day-to-day programmer. I’d say probably about 15 years ago (give or take) you would typically see programmers dress anywhere from business casual to business professional (i.e. dress shoes, button down shirt and a tie). Currently I wear business casual which is a nice collared shirt, khaki’s and nice shoes, but that is because it is the dress code of my firm and I will adhere to those policies. Personally, I don’t buy into “the better you dress the better you work”.
I am so frakking tried of all the political commercials and the party bashing. I don’t care what side of the fence you sit on, what is the damn point of the merciless verbal bashing of the other party or supporters of the other party. I’m glad that I have DVR because every other commercial is a political slander ad. I don’t even turn live TV on anymore and I won’t until November 7th when I know that I will be free of all the frakking ads.