Let me start by stating that I consider blogging to be a silly activity. If people aren't asking me in person about what I think of the price of tea in Bulgaria, why would they go out of their way to look up my opinions online? The goal of communication is not, curse all advertisers, just to "get the message out" but to initiate thought. If my writing doesn't speak to your own interests in some way, please disregard it. This entry and others will just be a way for me to vent...
That said, here are a few "headlines" in my head right now:
1. Family - my wife and child are healthy and home with me.
We love this life together in our little Saint Paul bungalow.
See www.taplintoys.com for pix of us and some extended
family. The main reason I work every day is to retain this
life, and I avoid working into dinnertime. Family first.
2. Friends - I prefer a few good ones I can really trust and
respect to a crowd, and intelligence over style. Myers-
Briggs had me pegged long ago as INTP -- yes, despite
appearances at work, I am an introvert. Most friends
are very much into technology, science, or math. I'm
a scientist wannabe, lacking the training and focus.
3. Finances - for several years after college I was rather
broke. I remember the pain of that and despise debt.
A recent article (sorry, no citation) noted that nearly
half of American families carry large revolving credit
burdens. No wonder we elect fools who can't count! I
will NOT depend on Social Security for retirement. We
will forego some things to pay off the house quickly.
If I took another tech job, it would be for more cash.
4. Fun - my favorite activities seem to be putzing about
with computers, light reading, vegging out in front of
"quality" TV (an oxymoron?), movies, gaming with a
few former coworkers, water and snow sports, and a
weekly chess game with a friend who teaches math.
5. Work - I more or less enjoy what I do, but it wasn't a
lifelong dream. See www.taplintoys.com/resume05.rtf
for more on that. I sometimes flirt with returning to
law school (after a brief stint in 1999), but four years
of night school and $75k in debt would be murder on
my family, and I can't afford to quit the day job - so
I continue to look for ways to keep the day job fun.
I'm very grateful to my current superiors for making
that relatively easy, and to coworker Dan for trying
to teach me about UNIX and coding. Of course I do
what I'm paid to do, but there's always time to learn.
Gotta go. More fascinating thought processes to follow...
Management of fibular hemimelia using the Ilizarov method
Author: Catagni MA
From: The Orthopedic clinics of North America
Date: 1991
ISSN: 0030-5898
Pages: