so intricate...

I find myself thinking lately about how my standard of living is completely dependent upon factors which I have no control over. This intricate web of dependencies; computers, cars, HVAC systems, and on and on - I wonder what would happen if it all fell down?

What if Y2K wasn't an overblown joke? What if we woke up one morning and nothing worked anymore? What would we do? Doesn't the Mayan calendar predict the world ending in 2012?

I'm 200 miles from a place where I might have a chance to survive in the Y2K case. I could probably walk 20 miles in a day for an extended period - but there's either a bridge or an ominously named valley to go through (The Hungry Hollow Hills doesn't strike me as having gained thier name by being a pleasant place to spend a summer). Such choke points are likely to be controlled by unscrupulous persons. 10 days to get to safety... I think I could do it. Only issue would be food and water supplies.

Simulating such a trek would probably make a pretty cool game.

Ennui and the engineer

I shouldn't be writing this.

I should be working.

Yeah, that's going well.

Think of this as a 'get the ball rolling' post. I want to post something every day, whether it's useful/relevant/insightful or just a waste of my time, to get back in the habit of writing, of putting my thoughts down.

How about them brooklyn dodgers? are they bums, or what?
You can have a cookie if you get that reference.

They are tasty, tasty cookies.

So yeah.

I've been thinking for a while now that I need a place to write, and perhaps a blog is the place for that. So as far as introductions go, this is my blog. There are many others like it, but this one is mine.