View From the Bushes

There were two HR people in the meeting yesterday, the guy in charge of the whole shebang and the lady who actually is in charge of the benefits. I ran into her while walking in to work from my car and she told the person she was with that I was her hero. Since she was just there to gather feedback, she couldn't offer her own opinion, but in explaining why I was the hero she said that I had said all the things that she wanted to say. I guess that goes a long way to validate my behavior, and it's nice to know that I wasn't the only one thinking that the gals sitting in front of me were crazy.

Other than that, I fear I have become addicted to Space Rangers 2. I am in something of lull between projects, so it's not a horrible time to become fixated on a game, but if I were really responsible I would not play computer games at all and would read Shakespeare and write novels... Oh well, I still do those things, just not as frequently as I might if I wasn't distracted by the succubus of an alternate reality where I'm not a geek possessed with middling ambition and bad hair.

The movie Sound of Thunder comes out today. I only heard about it today and was intriqued because so many people have immediately declared it a real contender for worst movie of the year. Also, it's based on a Ray Bradbury short story (the Simpson's Halloween parody of the story about Homer and a time-traveling toaster is far better known these days). In connection with the story, a writer from Slate wrote an excellent article about Bradbury which comes very close to my feelings. I neither idolize nor despise the man and I think the Slate article sums that up pretty well.

Three day weekend!!!
Ross