Engineering vs. management

A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost.
He reduced altitude and spotted a man walking along a path.
He descended a bit more and shouted, "excuse me, can you help me?" I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."

The man, stopped, looked up, and then replied, "You are in a hot air balloon, hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You are between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude."

You must be an engineer, " said the balloonist. I am replied the man. "How did you know?" Well answered the balloonist, everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I am still lost. Frankly you've not been much help so far.

The man responded, you must be in management.

I am replied the balloonist. But how did you know?

Well said the man, you don't know where you are or where you are going. You have risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise which you have no idea how to keep, and you expect people beneath you to solve your problems. The fact is you are in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it's my fault.

Just a few thoughts.. Kobe Bryant and true love..

Kobe .. way to go.. wow..
I think they should have let you go for wilts record.. and I ain't talking the number of hos you've had.

Okay you should go for that one too.. but damn bro 3 M on a ring.. that must be some fine.. well you know.

Secondly true love.. I do not think it ever dies.. it may fade from memory for a while, but at the slightest fanning comes back to full flame.
I know now that I have been in "true love" twice in my life.. and I feel very lucky for both opportunities.

I once was told (while getting married) that love is not jealous..
now I understand. Just knowing that the object of my affections is okay, is enough. I feel no need to posses my love, I feel only a need to know that my love is okay..

In this aspect perhaps, true love is more like a life long friendship.. No matter what is going on in either life, no matter the miles that separate, or the time between encounters, it makes no difference, the only thing that matters is knowing, knowing all is well.

Lust: is jealous, and possessive, if even for a moment.. It is all destroying, all encompassing.. As long as I cannot be with my true love.. I think I will settle for true lust.. hehehe.

I learned something about myself.. I learned that I am capable of loving, truly. I truly wish to have true love again.. and know that it is possible. To me that makes a big difference in my attitude. I now know that there is hope, where once all hops was lost. I know that love will come my way again, if I am ready for it. I know that I am okay.

Now lets get back to lust..

Dear Nix..

Eat a bag of Darkness Falls..

Okay, that was just not nice.. but hey I am glad to see you are still above dirt..
You know I may just get your whinning ass somthing while in L.A.
Hope you like crap from the Airport gift shop..

At this point it looks like i will have about two evenings to go play.. mid week so I do not expect anything too exciting, perhpas I will catch a movie.. maybe there will be a darkeness falls marathon on the tele?
I oddly enough never caught the Evil Dead Movies, and now have discovered them really for the first time.. fun flicks!
I highly recomend them for anyone that wants to have a good time watching a horror flick.. you have to have a damn strange sense of humor to fully "get it", but even if you have had a partial frontal loboty, they should provide a grin or two.

lemme see if I have any more Swden pics to share.. too bad I can;t see the blog from here, I have to guess which ones I put up? .. here is one of me sleeping in the paris airport..

See not all the chairs were those damn torture devices.. this was at the terminal.. I got about 20 minutes worth of nap.










This is a good rendition of how I slept the first night in Sweden after being awake for 36 hours (less the 20 minute nap in paris)


I promised myself that the next tiem I was going to be in the air for more than 4 hours, I woudl buy business call tickets.. now I am flying across country to LA, adn my cheap ass bought coach tickets again!

I deserve to have my legs cramped and my ass sleeping for two days.. cheap bastard.








I really wish I could have blogged from Paris.. I was so out of my frickin' skull sleepy.. it woudl have been a real hoot to read after sleeping a while.. I imagine it woudl have been somthing like Nix's Spawn takeovers..

Well that's enough for now.. be good, take care, get bent.

Fresh back and Goin' to California with an Achin' in my Heart...

Yes friends and neighbors it is official.. I am flying out on the 31st to LA.. city of the angels.. I'll be rollin' thru Compton on Dubs biotches!

Only goin' to be there about 1.5 days.. so no real fun to be had.. but ya never know.. I can have a shitload of fun in 48 hours with the right atmosphere, and accompanyment.

As of right now I am flying out solo.. I have meetings part of the day on the 21st.. and then back in the air ewarly afternoon on the 2nd.. really not much time.

With any luck at all I will get out to Groman's or some such place.. maybe make it into hollywood so I can see the freaks out on hollywood blvd?

I alnmost hate to say it, but I think I have had enough travel for a little while.. but liks I always say, if the incentive is strong enough, I'll do damn near anything.. I am such a ho.
(not really but in my mind, I am praticaly a porn star..)

Income taxes done.. now on with the show.

First.. I hate getting a refund.. I really f'ed up this year, and am getting a couple of thousand dollars back.. beter to have it go into my 401K.. or into the lolo.. heheh

but here are a few more Sweden photos to keep you interested.. next trip L.A.

One day at a meeting in the airport.. but hell it gets me away from home.. now if I could just fond some sweet thang to keep me warm in that big old Mariot (The one at LAX)