Coopernundrums

What does it really take these days to be an icon of technology?  Seems like now the flashier a gizmo is or the more expensive it is the more “important” it becomes to main stream techies.  Don’t you think?  We seem to have overlooked some of the most humble of devices in favor of more complicated gadgets.

Watches, I mean wrist-watches, are oft overlooked and highly useful tools.  I think we have lost sight of how important and available a writwatch really is.  Don’t get me wrong, I love a beautifully crafted piece of jewelry and I have great appreciation for the serious craftsmanship that it takes to make a precise spring and gear movement.  I think we all still take for granted the priveledge that it is to have a fine timepiece on our arms, and what a mark such devices have really made on our society.

Watches used to be the most important accessory in any mans wardrobe.  It seems like they have be relegated to novelty nowdays.  Take a moment and look at the watch on your wrist (if you have one) and just think what a marvel is really is and how you probably never saw it as such..until now.

We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes. – Gene Roddenberry

 
This week I was on vacation, but I didn’t really go anywhere special.  I was lucky enough to be off at the same time my wife and kids had some time off too.  This makes me very appreciative, especially in this economic crapfest that swirling all around us, that I have a job that allows me to pick and choose my time off, that I have friends and colleagues that are more than adequate to pick up the slack while I’m away, that I had enough cash saved up to pretty much do whatever I wanted, and believe me I did.  Its the little things that we often overlook when we take a step back and look long and hard at the not so nice things in our lives.  I can honestly say that I had a great time and that I am fully recharged and ready to head into the months of work to come.

I accomplished a few odd jobs round the house.  Went to some nice places to eat. Visited with my best friends and their families.  I had a “yard sale” as we call them here in the south, and made some cash whilst cleaning out the junk and clutter of the house.  I can’t say as I have ever had a better vacation, even though it was really a vacation from the typical vacations of the past.  Cheers!