Took a sick day yesterday due to the "polar vortex". It was -10F driving in to work today.
Another rant addition, continuing Friday's theme: Vaccines. Use them. They work, by-and-large, and the side effects ARE minimal. Pretty much every piece I've seen against vaccines is either skewed date, misconstrued data, retracted/falsified data, or outright lies, FUD and/or naked opinion. (Autism does NOT show up overnight; that's just confirmation bias, which is part of people's natural pattern recognition.) It's not just about YOUR opinion, it's for YOUR KIDS' health and the social/community health of those around them as they grow, work, move, live, etc. Think globally, act locally: get a vaccine for the rare disease that may just be ocurring in Africa, because those germs could be on the next imported toys.
I'm not trying to be angry, but some of the ignorance I've seen in blogs and F4Book on many "controversial" topics warrants no response whatsoever, lest I get sucked into an emotional argument and automatically lose. I need intellectual validation sometimes.
So, to combat all the anger, and the whining about snow & cold, here's a takeaway all geeks can feel good about: THANK YOU to the utility workers, plow drivers, emergency services, etc. who keep things running. Our electricity, gas, water AND IPTV/DSL did NOT fail. The main roads WERE plowed when we wanted to use them. To the frozen few who did their jobs, most of whom are not paid what they derserve, I salute you (admittedly from the comfort of a warm office). |
