Got this in an email. Thought it was worth sharing.

Let me start off by saying, I really do not like chain emails and the like. That being said, I recieved this email from a good friend and although it is of the typical interweb theater In this Christmas season I felt it garnered enough merit to put out on my blog. So in a sea of little lights adrift in the dark vast of the internet I am placing this poem. For at least a moment I have read this poem, acknowledged the validity of the meaning and wanted to make it available for others to see.

 

Crabby Old Man...



What do you see nurses? . . .. . . What do you see?

What are you thinking . . . . . when you're looking at me?

A crabby old man . . . . . not very wise,

Uncertain of habit . . . . . with faraway eyes?



Who dribbles his food . . . . . and makes no reply.

When you say in a loud voice . . . . . 'I do wish you'd try!'

Who seems not to notice .. . . . . the things that you do.

And forever is losing . . . . . A sock or shoe?



Who, resisting or not . . . . . lets you do as you will,

With
bathing and feeding . . . . . The long day to fill?

Is that what you're thinking? . . . . . Is that what you see?
Then open your eyes, nurse . . . . . you're not looking at me.



I'll tell you who I am. . . . . . As I sit here so still,

As I do at your bidding, . . . . . as I eat at your will.

I'm a small child of Ten . . . . .. with a father and mother,

Brothers and sisters . . . . . who love one another.



A young boy of Sixteen . . . . with wings on his feet.

Dreaming that soon now . . . . . a lover he'll meet.

A groom soon at Twenty . . . . . my heart gives a leap.

Remembering, the vows . . . . . that I promised to keep.



At Twenty-Five, now . . . .. . I have young of my own.

Who need me to guide . . . . . And a secure happy home.

A man of Thirty . . . . . My young now grown fast,

Bound to each other . . . . . With ties that should last.



At Forty, my young sons . . .. . . have grown and are gone,

But my woman's beside me . . . . . to see I don't mourn.

At Fifty, once more, babies play 'round my knee,

Again, we know children . . . . . My loved one and me.



Dark days are upon me . . . . . my wife is now dead.

I look at the future . . . . . shudder with dread.

For my young are all rearing . . . . . young of their own.

And I think of the years .. . . . . and the love that I've known.



I'm now an old man . . . . .. and nature is cruel.

Tis jest to make old age . . . . . look like a fool.

The body, it crumbles . . . . . grace and vigor, depart.

There is now a stone . . . . where I once had a heart.



But inside this old carcass . . . . . a young guy still dwells,

And now and again . . . . . my battered heart swells.

I remember the joys . . . . . I remember the pain.

And I'm loving and living . . . . . life over again.



I think of the years, all too few . . . . . gone too fast.

And accept the stark fact . . . . that nothing can last.

So open your eyes, people . . . . . open and see.

Not a crabby old man . . . . Look closer . .. . see ME!!

 

Random Thoughts.....

Are cities becoming a series of systems meant to keep a labor force under control and plentiful? Really seeing the worst of big business these days. So many heads have rolled simply to increase profits by a few percent. Now we are NOT talking about changing the ink color on a PNL Statement from Red to Black, we are talking about incrementing the % Profit positivly to improve stock holder returns, in the short term.

I am glad to see Obama attempting to stimulate small business. Small business it seems will be the salvation of the US Economy. Who else is hiring?

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Thoughts on them Texans vs. Who Dats....

Here we go again....

Topic: Social Networking and Interpersonal communications
My Disclaimer, This is really a quick dump of a steam of thoughts that are going through my mind as I write this out. I typed up a quick timeline and then just let the words come out on their own. Still in draft form.
Evaluate Communication
• The Message (What is being conveyed?)
o Types of Messages
 Verbal - this is spoken word.
 Non Verbal – this is traditionally considered to be body language.
o Content
 Implied messages vs. Literal Messages - What does the message say vs. what it was intended to say? Is the audience bias enough to miss the real meaning of the message or could the message have been framed better as to not have the meaning misconceived?
 Tone – this is the overall feeling of the message. The position the message seems to come from.
 Accuracy of content – the accuracy of the content here is referring to the validity of the message content. Can we trust the message for instance?
 Relevance to subject matter – Relevance here really is the message as it relates to the overall exchange.
o Audience
 Intended - this is the recipient of the message that was originally intended by the author of the exchange or the original construct the message exists within.
 Unintended – This is the receiving group that is in possession of the message as a result of some unforeseen circumstance.
o The environment the message exists in
 Setting of the exchange
• Face to face etc….
o The players in the exchange
 Players in the communication exchange
• Relationship between the participants
• How does this fit into typical Maxims and norms
• Are these players engaged in an un-natural exchange
o The delivery method employed
 Sending and receiving messages
• Sending
• Receiving
• Barriers
o

What's been going on*?

Well. A good friend welcomed his first daughter into the world. I started to play WoW with some people from work. Finished up summer school. And that's about it. Oh wait. My company just got sold to the English. No telling what the future has store. Be well.

Oh. Football season. Just started. Go Texans!

Loving 2.2

Seriously the improvements are subtle. Awesome though.