Saturday, August 06, 2005

Things from Grandma I don't remember my grandmother's house ever looking the way mine did this morning ;)  Actually though, I am pretty good about *dirt and germs* not being around...but I must confess to a bit of clutter.  I have quite a bit of glass and porcelain that used to belong to my grandmother.  And I've collected a lot more that are the same as, or similar/matching other things she had.  Yet her things always had the 'right place' to go.  Much of mine hasn't settled yet into its ultimate resting place. The big thing though is when my grandmother had these things, they were the equivalent of 'state of the art'.  Yet other than perhaps some electronic gadgetry that is 'state of the art' today the quality of what's made today seems of more a 'throw away' mentality.  So I prefer the things that can stand the test of time. They also represent what seemed to me (at least to me when I was small) to be a simpler, gentler time.  At grandma's house there were no worries.  We could happily go there and safely play. I'd sure like to leave a legacy like that to our grandchildren.  But alas, the world does change.  Our grandchildren have already seen some harder times.  By the time they're in school they will find the same to be true with their peers. Because of today's world they'll need different kinds of survival skills than we did... 3:08:54 PM    comment []  trackback []

It's Something About Math... I just spent 15 minutes cleaning in the kitchen.  I emptied the dishwasher and filled it again.  I fished a glass out of the sink that had somehow managed to break itself.  Actually if someone reading this wants to follow along then you can probably get your home clean right along with mine.  We'll get this out of the way this morning while some people are still sleeping, then proceed to more serious topics ;)  Okay...so for grandparents or even parents, housekeeping *is* sometimes a serious topic! Strangely, until I actually started *running* our servers a few years ago, I never considered myself to be quite organized or mathmatical in many ways.  I'd always been more 'the creative' who would haphazardly come up with more ideas and concepts than one lifetime could ever accomplish.  Then, the more 'geeklike' I became, I found that I suddenly 'knew' exactly how long it took to do certain things at home.  Once you consider this, you can break down the tasks you have to do into small increments.  I also have a pretty good idea of when our clients are sleeping.  (Which is actually why they have such a hard time catching me sleeping...) We still have some more work to do in the kitchen.  We can probably get the rest of your house clean in under 5 hours.  There are some people who say that at some level *everything* boils down to math. So far our Userland statistics have us moving up the ranks at number 84 of the most read Userland blogs so far today.  We also have two *comments* already :)  This is good to know that people are here with us.  This reminds me of a time when I was in college when I broadcasted the station's early morning radio show.  I never quite knew whether or not anyone was listening unless someone called in.  Then one day I found how true this really was...The transmitter had broken and I had 'broadcast' my entire program...to nobody! 11:03:13 AM    comment []  trackback []