Whoa!

You are certainly meeting a higher class of people than at your previous job.

Hi Katkeeper. :hug:

I've been lurking. I thought I had lost my password but found that it was EXACTLY WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN! Who knew?

'ello, katkeeper! good to see your name again. think i'll write you a pome


that right there is katkeeper
she's been missing, we thought she was asleep her
son is no longer working in a creeper
now he's a big shot working with pixel peepers
leave that tea bag in and let it steep her
cup is full and hot and she likes it strong enough to make you weep ...er
...something

Outstanding!! Thanks!!

Hiy Katkeeper! Been ages since I've seen you!

Oh there is so much I want to tell you!

And so much I can't say.

I will say this. It's not bragging. I think I like being my age. The perspective is marvelous, to look at the bigger picture and be able to see so much more of it.

That's the luxury of 50-something. More self-awareness. More other-awareness. The great benefit of humility. It's all very interesting. We have a 20-something in the office now, young sales gent, and he so plainly has none of any of that, it's really kind of amazing. I mean, he has all the benefits of 20-somethingness and I appreciate that. You need that. I'm happy to be past it. That's all I'm saying.

~

These days, because I work in this particular bit of technology and it's all new, I get a lot of nirvana-like moments, where I come to understand it all in new ways. I think all of us have these moments. Someone explains a piece of technology, or something, and suddenly, the bigger picture becomes more clear. It's fun to have this happen, if you're geeky. But technology jobs usually find some way to wring all the joy part out of it. These days, I'm a little ahead of that curve, so I'm getting the enjoyable part without the greedhead joy-wringing part.

Sweet. There is something about making 50. I feel more balanced.

Life begins at 50.

I was surprised and flattered when one of the other guys at work (he's 21) spoke to me in private and started by saying "I think you're the wisest guy here." "Wow, thanks" I said, and then we talked about some heavy personal stuff in his life.

The work duties certainly don't require anything like that, though the balance and lower center of emotional gravity I've developed over the decades does help me. I'm reminded of how this idea was expressed by Lazarus Long, as recorded by Robert Heinlein.

Guess whose gear was adding an almost-imperceptible black vertical line to one of these displays:

http://www.nytimes.com/video/nyregio...k-skyline.html

It doesn't do that any more... just in time for the opening

I was involved in fixing it, but only phase one support (basically saying, "oh this will be one for the engineers...")

That is so fucking cool! I love it. I want to ride that elevator.

Wow ... very cool.