because i could not stop for innovation

because i could not stop for change

he kindly ran over me

the tesla held but just the innovative

musk and jobs' holograms.

we drove hastily - time was a wastin'

and i had put away

my labor and my leisure too,

for his demands

we passed the school, where children strove

at recess – in the ring

we passed the charging stations –

we passed the setting sun –

or rather – he passed us –

the processors teraflopping away

for only a ten core, my chip

my bus, only 32-bit

our lyft hardly paused for a lytro we had

and all light it captured

and a gopro front-mounted

for all action abound

since then 'tis minutes - and yet

all technology has changed

feels just yesterday, tesla motors'

patents were hidden away.

freedoms

imho, it's cheapest to pay for things with money, life, time, and freedom, in that order.

needless to say, burghers of calais is a favorite and i have the utmost respect for those who sacrifice in reverse for that which we have.

filed under: opinions, what they're for

opinions are for you and me to have different beliefs.  it's a space for us to respect and have intellectual discussions about these differences.

but this is in and of itself an opinion, which, of course, we're all entitled to.

life epiphany #29573

happiness comes from within.

don't look upon others for it.

is there a space

where i expect nothing from anyone and everyone expects nothing from me?

is it that exact moment when we sit down for a beer together, shoot the breeze, and don't give a shit about anything?

or does it only exist in solace in the wilderness?

if you want to know

what kind of person you are, just look at the wake you leave behind

a note on crises

i won't lie, i'm a big fan of crisis management.  i have a high threshold to be fully engaged and excited.  variables, logistics, the works.  it's a better alternative to daytrading, sometimes.  it requires creative solutions usually in an extremely limited time frame.  i put on my stoic face and it's game time.

it's also something i look for in most people i want to work with because life is full of crises, and few the same.

but what is a crisis?  how do they happen?  imho, they shouldn't happen, but life's full of surprises.  sometimes there's no way of forecasting them, but rarely so.  it takes a convergence of errors - which amounts to a very specific permutation - for a crisis to happen: a shortage of resources, unintended outcomes, poor risk management, and so on.  and from the risk management side, disregard.

so while i have no issue dealing with crises, it annoys me when they are foreseeable and are a result of lackadaisical morons.  and there's a fairly high threshold for an incident to be a crisis.  of course, you're welcome to drop the bar as low as you want, but you're making a mountain of a molehill.