View From the Bushes

I got my hair cut on Saturday. It had been around six inches long all the way around; now it's about a half an inch, so it's a pretty drastic change. I've been getting quite a few laughs all morning at work. See, the thing is I don't like getting my hair cut, so my whole hair style philosophy is to get it cut as infrequently as possible. If I could get a buzz at the beginning of summer (which is what I did) and then let it grow into a shaggy mane for winter (to keep me warm) and only get it cut once a year, I would. I seriously considered shaving my head, but as bad as the ripping was today and yesterday, I can only imagine how bad it would be if I had cut off all my hair...

On Saturday evening (as a reward for getting a bunch of work done), I was playing World of Warcraft with some friends and we were waiting for a blimp to take us to the other continent. Hanging out around the blimp were some players from the opposing faction -- really powerful people from the opposing faction. Fortunately, they couldn't attack us unless we attacked them first, so in the spirit of congeniality one of them waved to me. I thought, that's nice I'll wave back, so I went to select the player so I could wave to him and instead of the left mouse button (select) I hit the right mouse button (attack). I tried to explain my mistake, but we didn't speak the same language so he couldn't understand what I was saying, plus when all four of them unleashed their righteous fury, I wasn't alive for long enough to explain much anyway.

The student who was suspended after taking a call from his mother in Iraq was much in the news recently. After thinking about it, I guess I'm sort of on the side of the school. Apparently they arrange phone calls all the time, but I guess he was too good to do that. And then if the school is to be believed, he acted like a spoiled brat and threw a fit when a teacher approached him. He denies it and as with any he said/she said scenario, no one knows what the truth is, but overall I think the schools could use more discipline. Of course, suspending students for nail files is a whole other subject.

Carpe Diem Quam Minimum Credula Postero
Ross