Game of Thrones
I finally started watching season 2 of Game of Thrones. I just watched some black demon thing fly out of the hooha of some red headed witch. Good times.
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A New Gallup Poll On Americans’ Belief in Evolution Is Out Today …
… and it’s full of rather sad figures. A full 46% of those surveyed believe that God created humans in their present form within the past 10,000 years. The number has essentially remained unchanged for the past 30 years (44% in 1982).
You can check the Gallup report for the detailed results, but a few things jumped out at me:
- Among people who never attend church, a full 25% still subscribe to creationist views.
- There’s only a 17% difference (58% vs. 41%) between Republicans and Democrats
- Almost four out of five Americans believe God had a hand in creating humans in some way
Now, I’m not bothered by the existence or acceptance of religion, when used for good. Nor do I believe that accepting evolution means that you must deny all other religious beliefs. Sure, the more one learns about science and the universe the more one will experience the pangs of cognitive dissonance and questioned faith. But those feelings and questions are part of the human journey. They carve the unique facets of your identity that make you truly you.
What bothers me is that evolution is at the core of so much of science, and to dismiss its truth is akin to a mathematician dismissing that 1 is half of 2 or a chemist refusing to acknowledge the existence of electrons. You simply can not fully immerse your brain in the workings of our living world without evolution. Medicine, biology, nature … any of it.
And in thirty years of bloody knuckled work to bring science into people’s lives, it feels like we still haven’t gotten anywhere.
(via Gallup)
Amercia :(
Troglodytes.
resignations
i’ve lost 2 employees this week, and 2 others that do similar work for another manager also gave notice. I think there will be more in the weeks to come. People have have finally had enough of the disingenuous BS that senior management spews on a daily basis. This is talent that simply can’t be replaced, but hey “we can just fish in a different pond.” I have 6 open positions to fill. Odds of finding 1 good candidate? There’s a better chance of islam proclaiming their prophet was gay. The company’s reputation for losing top talent is growing out of control. This is a tight knit community and they talk. i dare say an entire capability will be gone by year’s end, along with the contracts that depend on it.
It’s really quite sad. The formula for failure?
Big company aquires small niche company whose owners sell out their employees. And murders its soul.
The end.
Note to Apple. You’re a quadrilion dollar company. Stop suing everyone and innovate a fucking keyboard for your i-devices that doesn’t make people want to drown puppies in vats of kitten blood.
I’m sitting in my doctor’s office waiting to talk to him. My physical is complete, but he’s in with another patient right next door. The walls are not sound proof. This lady has droned on for 15 minutes and has yet to take a breath. She has every malady known to man.
Oh and I just had a man shove his finger up my ass. I might be bragging. And he’s charging me for the privilege.
mov ecx, [eax+0c]
It’s nearly 1 AM and I’ve spent the last 4 hours straight reverse engineering an algorithm from an application, in assembly code. I can’t go to bed now. If I do, I’ll dream about opcodes and hex values all night long and I’ll wake up exhausted. Of course this never works with something I’d like to dream about (challenging the US women’s olympic beach volleyball team to a match, naked, on my bed.)
The twins’ first grade class went to Mount Vernon yesterday. I chaperoned. It was my first time there. It’s amazing to me how great a man George Washington was. What he accomplished is astounding. I love the history at these places, but I always leave with the suffocating realization of my own mortality. It always takes me a few days to get over it.
The twins’ had an assignment to write about something they love, and illustrate it. One of them wrote that she loved her family and drew a picture of all us. The other, wrote that she loves Justice. The teacher wrote on the back that she commended her for such a deep expression. Apparently she has no idea that there’s a kid’s store named Justice. And the picture of clothing racks and cash registers didn’t give it away. Yeah, our teachers don’t make enough.
Sleep beckons. Hopefully so does naked volleyball.
Chameleons
No not the lizards. People. The ones that change to fit their current environment.
I had a roommate, let’s call him Gump, that changed his personality to match the girl that he was interested in 3 times in the 5 years we were acquainted. I don’t mean trivial things like cologne or tv shows. He changed his entire belief system and his personality to match.
Dating the wild party girl, he’s drinking every night and farting the national anthem at karaoke. Every other word out of his mouth is fuck, and the dirtier the porn the better.
He met a Jewish girl. He offered to convert for her. He scheduled a circumcision. I kid you not. He cooked, he cleaned, and payed all her bills while she went out with her friends.
Next was a born again christian. Guess what happened. Yup. He’s born again. Doesn’t drink, doesn’t cuss, no sex before they got married. She’s Mrs. Cleaver. She cooks, she cleans, she raises the kids, and wears ankle length jean skirts.
I don’t think I really ever knew the real Gump.
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Got To Have Rock And Roll
Heartless Bastards - Got to have rock and roll
Give this a listen. I’ve got it on loop.
Employee Reviews
I need a break from writing employee reviews.
My company mandates the number of employees that can receive the highest employee review rating. That doesn’t seem like a big deal, but it’s based on a 3 level system. And unless you’re a total fuck up the lowest level doesn’t really apply to most. So it’s actually just a 2 level rating for my folks. The problem is my team is stacked with leaders in their field. They’re fucking rock stars with egos to match. They all deserve the highest rating, but I can’t make that happen because some fuck-wit at the corporate office says only ~25% of them can be the best.
The problem is any one of these people can go elsewhere for an instant raise in salary and status. No one cares. Apparently they believe these extremely talented, highly specialized individuals are replaceable. Wrong. So in a few months I get to try and bullshit some of my team and explain that the lower rating is great. All because some corporate fuck-wit wants to save a few $1000. In the long run the money is a fraction of what’s wasted on bullshit compliance training and corporate boondoggles.
I need a cookie.
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