Perl: Small observations about the big picture
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WTC emotions… Like many out
WTC emotions…
Like many out there I have been trying to come to grips with 9/11, after all it was soposed to be just engel’s birthday. I actually work up early, which is strange as folks that know me can attest, and just read some email til engel called. I was expecting it was him just making sure I didn’t over sleep like that day before. “Is the TV on, trun it on”, or something like that. Something is wrong from the sound of his voice. “Which channel?” I ask, “any…” And I end up on one of the Canadian networks to the sight of the World Trade Center towers on fire. Engel says to get a shower and watch from Iambe and his place. When I get out of the shower the first tower starts to drop.
Til mid afternoon I watch the TV coverage with engel and ocassionally check the net news with iambe. Through it out I’m not feeling really anything. Iambe periodicly comes into the TV room with news form IRC in tears but still I’m not really having any emotions. I have been leary to talk or even write about how little was going on inside, that felt strange. Then Friday morning get into work and check email to something from muckhead, on of the Java coders and local. He has uploaded a desktop wallpaper from Digital Blasphemy of the U.S. flag. Shortly afterwards the “old guy from support :)” one of the most Canadians of the company comes over to the developer room. He has the Canadian memorial service on in the nest. It seemed like everyone in the company is in there.
Then it hits me. All the emotions that I have been unable to feel come poreing out. I think it was the feeling of support from the Canadians. I knew, know, that I will be here for a while. That it will be a while til I cross the border back into the U.S. Partly because the border is now much harder to cross, even though it is so close. Partly because this is becoming my home. But feeling support of the Canadians helped to give me the security I guess I needed to finally deal with what I had been feeling.
So thank you to all the Canadians who have helped at least this American through some of the pain and fear he is dealing with. Thank you…
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WTC emotions… Like many out
WTC emotions…
Like many out there I have been trying to come to grips with 9/11, after all it was soposed to be just engel’s birthday. I actually work up early, which is strange as folks that know me can attest, and just read some email til engel called. I was expecting it was him just making sure I didn’t over sleep like that day before. “Is the TV on, trun it on”, or something like that. Something is wrong from the sound of his voice. “Which channel?” I ask, “any…” And I end up on one of the Canadian networks to the sight of the World Trade Center towers on fire. Engel says to get a shower and watch from Iambe and his place. When I get out of the shower the first tower starts to drop.
Til mid afternoon I watch the TV coverage with engel and ocassionally check the net news with iambe. Through it out I’m not feeling really anything. Iambe periodicly comes into the TV room with news form IRC in tears but still I’m not really having any emotions. I have been leary to talk or even write about how little was going on inside, that felt strange. Then Friday morning get into work and check email to something from muckhead, on of the Java coders and local. He has uploaded a desktop wallpaper from Digital Blasphemy of the U.S. flag. Shortly afterwards the “old guy from support :)” one of the most Canadians of the company comes over to the developer room. He has the Canadian memorial service on in the nest. It seemed like everyone in the company is in there.
Then it hits me. All the emotions that I have been unable to feel come poreing out. I think it was the feeling of support from the Canadians. I knew, know, that I will be here for a while. That it will be a while til I cross the border back into the U.S. Partly because the border is now much harder to cross, even though it is so close. Partly because this is becoming my home. But feeling support of the Canadians helped to give me the security I guess I needed to finally deal with what I had been feeling.
So thank you to all the Canadians who have helped at least this American through some of the pain and fear he is dealing with. Thank you…
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Tallship Chronicles has become my
Tallship Chronicles has become my reality TV of choice. It covers the journey of the crew of the Picton Castel on their journey around the world. Sailing around the world on a “Tall Ship” has been a dream of mine for years. Maybe after I make my .com millions 😉
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Tallship Chronicles has become my
Tallship Chronicles has become my reality TV of choice. It covers the journey of the crew of the Picton Castel on their journey around the world. Sailing around the world on a “Tall Ship” has been a dream of mine for years. Maybe after I make my .com millions 😉
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DAWN which claims to be
DAWN which claims to be “Pakistan’s most widely circulated English language newspaper.” and maybe a good place to see how some of the non-west is responding.
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DAWN which claims to be
DAWN which claims to be “Pakistan’s most widely circulated English language newspaper.” and maybe a good place to see how some of the non-west is responding.
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learning research done by apple.
learning research done by apple. Fascinating. Make sure to check out the “Elephant’s Memory” section. It is an attempt at a language entirely made up of “logical” or “natural” symbols that represent actions. This reminds me of the pictoral language mentioned in the first 100 pages of “the diamond age” that I read (never finished the book….).
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Example of a moron. It
It is just this kind of shit that makes me hate the Fundamentalists just as much as I hate the terrorists who destroyed the WTC. Both are evil, both are compassionateless, both thrive on fear not love. If anything brought about the attack, it was not the liberal media or the lack of spirituality in our society and government, it was the bigotry, racism, and intolerance of people like Pat Robertson.
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Quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt “For
“For it isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.”
“When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it? ”
—Submitted by Iambe via engel