This second, this here blog got it's wings

Post one. Day one. (Okay, post three, after my first attempt at this).

Premise one: I have friends. If anyone DOES read this (and welcome), they probably could not care less what I did with my cat, where I went for breakfast (unless there is a newsworthy event), or some other mundane thing people use blog therapy for (which so, so, so many do). If you need a substitute for daily life, I would suggest playing The Sims.

I've resisted doing a blog (even though I've been strongly encouraged by others), due to the fact every second a blog gets it's wings, but in a couple minutes, it'll be my second, so here goes.

Premise two: Time-sucking people, who are also usually responsible for vampire meetings. These people, in business situations, have decided that your time is worth less than theirs because they demand your attention immediately for EVERYTHING (and then wonder why you're even thinking about charging them for rush service). These people have the inability to put the world, their work, in perspective.. and that's why everything is in a hurry.

It comes down to an axiom: When I'm in a meeting with you, you want me to pay attention to you. After all, you're paying me to pay attention. And, conversely, when I'm in a meeting with someone else, I would think someone would think the same.

But no. It seems I'm an odd duck for the old fashioned rule, "don't answer your phone in a meeting." I may be "technologically savvy," "connected," "plugged in," and every other cliche, but one thing we cannot do is let technology make us as a human race forsake manners and etiquette.

p.s.-I find it amazingly ironic that the blogger spell check does not recognize the word "blog." Details, man, details!