(From a thing's possibility one cannot be certain of its reality)
Living here in America I have become aware, partly by observation of the people around me and partly by comparisons with those in Europe that I left behind in 1992 to come here, that this little fragment of a cautionary note is, in very many instances of human life, totally ignored. In fact, I see quite the reverse attitude. People are becoming obsessed about what might happen, rather than what very probably will happen.
I suppose that this is a natural consequence of the national shock caused by the events of the 11th of September, 2001. Instead of assessing risks and benefits and planning to avert or ameliorate those problems that are reasonably attempted, and accepting that some things just can't be tackled, one sees demands that every eventuality be considered and planned for.
If one is dealing with a nuclear reactor (as I have been for the last 21 months) then this is a reasonable attitude, in that the consequences of many errors are both catastrophic and easily avoidable.
If, on the other hand, one is dealing with something fairly minor, one hardly needs to go to the same lengths. I could point out some cases, however, where care seems to have been replaced with an obsession bordering on paranoia ! Like people here also say: "get a life, for heaven's sake" !
Do you IM ? I think that this is a tool that people seem either to use an amazing amount, or not at all. Right now I have an MSN account, a YIM account (Yahoo), and, by special invitation, an IMVU account. I used the MSN account for a little while, but wasn't that enchanted by it, so stopped. YIM, on the other hand, is a lot nicer and has people that I actually talk to, so that's always there. IMVU bills itself as a video/graphically oriented IM, and, to some extent, it is. However, it desperately needs to take lessons on ease of use from Webkins, the site my son plays on.
This is a short blog (letting me get some rust off my nib
One very last thing. A little while ago a group of people in Logan, UT, put on a performance of the Messiah by Handel. If you like this, take a look over at this blog page where there are some pictures. Unfortunately the number is shrinking, but you can also get a DVD of the performance (when it's mastered !) and the proceeds go, I believe to a project that helps identify people withy hearing problems in Baja California.
She also has a quick review of the new AppleTV too, which is seriously cool !
~~Late addition ~~
I just got told that the place to contact for DVDs is NAFDA. They do good things.
2 comments:
Thanks for the note on my blog. I'm still not certain where this 'shrinking number of images' is coming from - they are all there, I swear it! In any case, yes NAFDA is the place to get the DVD's, but last I checked their website didn't have any ordering information. But the guy you need to talk to is John Ribera (jribera@cc.usu.edu).
The note on 'Baja California' is hilarious! =D But in terms of facts, its really in Mexico.
Oh, and glad you like the AppleTV review. You really should get one.
Porcupine Tree is okay, but Yes is the best!
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