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those vietnam films My good friend California Dan sent me a long heated email detailing his thoughts about the recent Pledge of Allegiance nonsense. Basically he is very anti religion and he was happy to see it ruled as being religious. As for me I realize that the United States goes through a twenty year cycle where religion becomes popular and then fades away. Let me explain my quaint little theory that isn't mine. I think that I read about it somewhere, but I don't remember where. The 1940's through the 1950's were very conservative. Our boys were killing the Nazis and were going to win because god was on their side. Then there were the 1960's and on into the 1970's where some and some might even say most of the established American ideals were overthrown and or abandoned. Suddenly everything was about freedom and pleasure. Then conservatism came back with Reagan in the 1980's and held on through part of the 1990's. Now the pendulum has started to swing back in the other direction again. Personally as long as no one is banging down my door I don't care one way or the other with regards to the issue. Besides after reading an article about The National Front in France, the American people as a whole have less to complain about in terms of government. I find The National Front to be frightening. They really are a new version of Nazis. ... Last night when I got to work, I found my second shift counterpart steaming in his own juices. Soon I learned that our boss had insulted him as he so often does to us and I wasn't that surprised. With just a few poorly chosen words from our boss, the veil had been lifted and he now sees the job as nothing more than a paycheck just as I do. There is no growth and or encouragement to try in the department so I put my energy elsewhere and now so will he from this point forward. Now I may not be a computer genius, but I have a fairly good understanding of office politics and human behavior. Plus I've had four years to see the games that get played where I work. I know that a class and or caste system exists there. I just choose to ignore it, because it isn't worth my time. From what I can see most of the people that do adhere to it are over forty and I find them to be insecure and pathetic so their opinion is of no value to me. I have no desire to be them in ten years. ... Since someone was on vacation Nicole got to spend the night working in the same room as I do. It was a nice change of pace except for one thing. For the first hour or so she and her fiance were trading verbal barbs. Eventually things quieted down, but I kept my distance since I didn't want to get caught in the crossfire. Then for the final hour and a half I got to talk with Nicole and it was a great way to end the night. As I said earlier in the night she had been on edge and pretty much attacking everyone that came into contact with her. Then she explained why and how she thought that people at work had been changing in terms of their attitude. I could see her point and was glad that the two of us could still talk. She still has to be one of the highlights of my life. The way that she sees the world and her attitude always makes me smile. What I mean to say is that trading stories with her creates a connection that I can't really convey. Plus she can look good in a simple long sleeve tee shirt from Abercrombie and Fitch and I try hard to resist reaching out to hold her and kiss her. I contented myself by giving her a quick hug and a peck on the cheek.
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