What I Learned in an Earthquake Drill

Things I learned in an earthquake drill:
* My desk is made in the U.S.; so yes there are still items manufactured in the U.S.
* My desk is formaldehyde compliant. I believe that means it does not contain this nasty stuff; or maybe it only contains the compliant strands
* It is RevA. OK I get this, back to manufacturing lore (everything I need to know I learned at the widget factory, though on alternate days I might say "cspan", or "Star Trek: The Next Generation", but today is not one of those alternate days). You get to RevA when you are ready for production release. Production release is usually followed by attaining this as one of your quarterly "management by objectives", and if it is your goal you are a star. If it is a group goal you are still a star and so is your group.

The releases prior to RevA cannot be called this, they are called by clever names such as "Rev1" or "Rev2" or something. But RevA is the first actual production release.

Reaching quarterly objectives of course means bonuses for all, chickens in every pot (not really, but I did work for a software company once, an offshoot of a neon sign manufacturer, no kidding - and we all lined up to get our turkey bonuses for Xmas - real 22 pound frozen turkeys!), and money to spread on the economy. Ah, those were the glory days, we thought they would last forever.

* And best of all today, I am still confident that reading signs brings new insights, so one should do this whenever the opportunity presents itself.

Good Thing I-5 is a Federal Highway

I can only guess that farmers' permission is needed to put up political signs - so far Thatcher and Dudley. With the emphasis on Dudley. Not a single Kitzhaber sign, or whoever Thatcher is running against.

If we liberals were to drive along state routes with these signs maybe they would try to tax us.

Oh but that would run counter to their philosophy, right..

I wonder how they think these fine highways get maintained. 18 cents per gallon of gas federal highway tax doesn't cut it.

Don't they like driving their nice big trucks and refuse mileage standards and most of them refuse to believe in global warming too?

Driving into oblivion for today - as if tomorrow doesn't matter. As if the fact that even highways across this huge country should be called into question since over 50% of the world's population lives in cities. Do they think it can't happen here?

Its already reality. Oh but, they prefer yesterday's reality - everyone has a quaint farm a Dudley sign on the lawn, maybe a stay at home wife too!

We all like to see the past with rose-colored glasses, well I know I do - but thats not going to get us to tomorrow.

(I promise no more mean blogs, there are enough out there, only this one..)