DISQUS

Jeremy · 1 month ago

I walked into the bathroom at work and heard a familiar noise coming from one of the stalls... yeah, you know what I'm talking about - that click-tap-click-tap of the buttons and screen of a Blackberry. I was thinking, "Geez, man. Is no place sacred? Is there no escape? Are there no boundaries?" The technology in our lives is, without a doubt, amazing! But there needs to be a balance - You are not meant to live a 24-7 connection; I think sometimes we must disconnect in order to connect.

This has been eye opening to me - and I'm beginning to think strongly about how I might want to bring balance into my life by "disconnecting." But I'm still pondering what that actually means...

guinness416 · 1 month ago

Re perefect job I like that you're posting these musings/asking these questions .... Please do write a separate post on it! My bloggiest wish is that you and the FMF guy would hook up and write a career blog I think it would be amazing.

Given that the dad-pays-for-daughter's-wedding thing is so rare already I expect it'll be truly dead and gone by the time your kid is at that stage; especially as by then one would hope that she'll be earning the equivalent of your son (possibly more if some of the m-f grad rates in non engineering disciplines hold true!). For my family's part we don't talk about such things but I would hope my folks are helping my sister out much more than me and my brother, who need basically no (financial) assistance. In my husband's family it's more about which siblings are supporting the parents which is a whole other story.

Jeremy's toilet stall anecdote is funny .... I recently took a work trip with a colleague who spent the whole drive (she was driving) sending emails. She's quite practiced at it, her sites being pretty far from the office, but it's dangerous as hell. Of course in her mind, and toilet guy's mind, it's probably may as well do it now or I'll just have to stay late looking after these notes.