August 16, 2006

[Personal] Mid-life

Well, I've officially hit mid-life. The dreaded sixth bit. &H20 (or for the rest of the languages, 0x20).

Lessons learned:
  • Even if you learn from the past, there may be times when you are forced to repeat it.
  • Trying to hold on to a sliver of a hope that people have at least a little bit of ethics is nothing more than lying to yourself.
  • Evidently, aggression combined with intolerance can conceal incompetence inside Microsoft once you've reached middle management.
  • Criminals will be brazenly open as long as you don't talk about their crimes.
  • Someone has to take responsibility...may as well be me.
There are others, but I have to get to work.

3 comments:

Sarkie said...

32 is mid life?

40 is mid life.

101000

before you start complaining

Michael Russell said...

If you think of it, each new bit is a real point of passage in life. Take communication for example:

Bit 1: You start to learn what words mean, even if you can't say words.
Bit 2: You can communicate with a few words, "No" being the primary one.
Bit 3: You can communicate using sentences.
Bit 4: You can maintain healthy relationships with people.
Bit 5: You can start to maintain sexual relationships with people.
Bit 6: You can maintain healthy sexual relationships with people.
Bit 7: Sex doesn't really matter anymore, it's just the relationships.
Bit 8: The only relationship you have left is with God, and the only question you are asking is "Why won't you let me die!?!"

Sarkie said...

no sex then?