Apathy and random bunkum

Yet another addition to my ever growing list of pet peeves; people who don't respond to e-mails in a timely fashion.

I realize not everybody spends a huge chunk of their day on the computer, but I don't think there's a person I know that:

1. Doesn't have a computer
2. Doesn't have e-mail

I've said before that if not for e-mail I probably wouldn't keep in touch with anybody, and that almost includes my wife. In the middle of a work day an old friend might pop into my head for no reason, and it takes me less than a minute to jump into Yahoo and fire off an e-mail. And they're simple e-mails of the "Hey, long time no hear. How's tricks? Hope all is well. Joe" variety. I'm not updating them on all the minutiae of my life since we last communicated; I'm just dropping a short note to say hi; to remind them that I breathe and to possibly prod them into dropping me a note when they get a minute, nothing more. So how come it takes some people weeks or months to respond? No one's that busy. And before you get all testy, if you happen to respond promptly to your e-mails then I'm not talking about you, am I? No. So what's the story?

I know what you're thinking; "It's you." And you know what; I'm beginning to think you're right. I suck, and this is everyone's way of tell me so.

In other news, Lisa had a successful first day back at school. One school day down and only 179 days to go. 180 working days out of a 365 day calendar year? Boy, teachers are such slackers. I recall having a throbbing crush on my second grade teacher. I wonder which kid will be looking to clap the erasers for her. Anyway, there she was with 17 bright and eager 2^nd graders, all of them thirsty for knowledge; all of them empty fonts waiting to be filled with the spirituality that is her wisdom. I think hand farts are on the syllabus for day two, part of George Bush's No Child Left Behind curriculum.

Teachers really are gifts from God.

Comments

[Rebecca Ortiz]

as I was reading this...my little MSN box popped up and you'll NEVER beleive what it said......"you have a new e-mail from Joseph Romano" no joke...check the time!