What are you gonna do?

You know what? I have been watching all these things (Top Ten Signs of the Impending Police State)  happen one by one, and never really thought about it from the perspective presented here. Is it really a conspiracy driven by a team(not that the site said so)? I don't know, but it sure is easy to be gradually drawn into giving away our freedoms and privacy once we are threatened by the unknown. Bush and team are really exploiting our fears. How in the hell can this be happening here? I remember as a young adult, reading accounts from the Soviet Union in amazement and realizing people would tolerate such actions by their leaders. I thought at the time, never could happen here, we would not tolerate it. Yeah, right, so much for that.

I just found this sight, and I don't know much about it yet, but I continue to read. Maybe too left? Is there such a thing? Time will tell……

OverWrought and OverRidden

I read this and found many things on the list were very applicable to me. I DO tend to take on too much and expect that I can get it all done. Not very realistic and this is a good reminder for it:

Editing your life

Salt + Sound = Cool

Saw this link today. I would have never thought of this myself and the variety of other peoples activities is always amazing. The sound can be a tad irritating, but worth it.

Salt Video 

Retired young(ish)

Light. At the end of the tunnel. Finally, after eons in the bowels of the borg, I have been offered a retirement package to exit. It was unexpected, but in retrospect, should have been seen coming as signs were there.
People. God (does he exist?), do I respect the peers and people who reported to me. As a collective, they allowed me to survive. Their support at times of crisis was critical. Most of the rest of the borg, with three notable exceptions, exist as employees for reasons that escape me. Of course I don't know every employee, but if the law of averages holds true, then the statement is not off by much.
How do you feel after 32 years and now idle? Hard to express in words, but I'll try. At first, there was an almost imperceptible relief. Little things started to fade away, some other things started coming into focus, mainly the life things, family, friends, time coming back to non-compressed mode. Time had been moving in detrimental ways yet I did not notice the change into that mode. 12 hours, 14 hours, 16 hours, who cares? The slide into this work pattern happened gradually, but became my 'new normal' for work. Is that all their fault? (the borg's) No, it took both sides to reach this, one side demanding and the other accepting without real thought. I accept my portion. I did it.

Now move on and grow.

OMG

I cannot adequately describe my depression at the continual erosion of our rights by the present administration. Things that would have been unthinkable in the very recent past are now open for use(abuse?) and no one even blinks. Where are the journalists? What happened to the watchdogs of the past. Oh yeah, they are under their own special surveilance. See abc bent over the trunk of a chevy
In the past, we were somewhat shielded by the lack of technological advancements. The government just didn't possess the capability to mine information from seemingly non-related data points. Now we are witnessing an unintentional harvest made possible by our advancements.

http://tinyurl.com/oxxqk

What to do, what to do? More later…..after the dust settles and we understand more of the breaking news events.