I am back, and everything remains unchanged.
I am back from my short, cheap vacation. It was actually better than I imagined. I kicked back, unplugged the phones, read a couple of pages, and truly relaxed. I remember hating vacation time when I was young. As a youth, "Vacation" meant a week of sunrise til sunset hard labor. I am glad things on this front have improved so much. I had so much fun I might even think about doing it again in the next couple of years.
I noticed around the old workplace today that some great stereotypes are really more like longstanding great traditions. If the vehicle has commercial or state tags there will be at least one head hanging out of the window leering at the nearly naked youth.
Perhaps it is like other taboos. If you experience it long enough it stops being taboo. Longer still and it stops even being note worthy. I've been wandering around here since 1992 and the only protection I need to keep from looking like an ass in public is sunglasses. This will change when the whole place is wireless and people can actually read what I write as they pass me on the sidewalk. At that point the only way I would be able to keep from looking like an ass in public would be to never go out into the public, but I'll jump off of that bridge when I come to it.
In unrelated news, with the universities back in session fencing is gearing up for a new compeititve season. As usual, our classes fill our space to capacity, the new are getting experienced, and the experienced are winning. CALL is getting back into the swing of things, and fencing is represented, even Ed Cone found a niche.
Its good to be back.
