The Weekly Capsule



- It's not good to think of the week in terms of simply making it to 'hump' day and thereafter, Friday. I need to work on that!



- Recognizing a position I've been wanting is open again and wondering why. For several years openings were nonexistent, now it seems there have been three openings within the last four months. Even though I want the position, something instinctual holds me back from applying. Fear? Uncertainty? Doubt? Is God trying to tell me something by making certain I'm aware of the openings, yet fail to act on them?



- Reminiscing about old school video games is fun. Yeah, they didn't have graphics like today's games, but heck, I could realize a sense of satisfaction by finishing one in an hour or so. I didn't have to make enormous investments of time and energy at the expense of living RL. I also had to use my imagination when dodging spiders and centipedes. What appears as a square or circle to you, was my nemesis and monster to me.



- L. brought her Namco game that includes the old school PacMan. I have to tell you, reminiscing about and Playing the games are two separate things! I never did score very high and I reached the second level only once and for a very brief time at that. LOL I had a very enjoyable evening, though, and even spouse got in on the action.



- Sometimes it's great to give just because.



- Reading about the Verichip receiving FDA approval for implant just beneath the skin. Applied Digital advocates its use in the medical arena, facilitating emergency personnel with a patients medical history. I'm not buying it and I don't want to be chipped or have any of my friends and loved ones chipped.



- The wind was blowing, the bones were aching and it was a perfect autumn night, but we decided to remain home and skip Disneyland. We don't need to get sick and I don't need anymore pain. The child in us didn't win this round! Friday night found us watching taped episodes of Desperate Housewives and Boston Legal, two good shows that have managed to pry us from cable programming. It's been a long time since I've watched network TV.



- Some movies are too campy when seen twenty years later. Case in point, A Nightmare on Elm Street. I don't remember laughing when I saw it the first time. I laughed a lot this time!



- Some sales/offers are better left unexplored. I wasted way too much time trying to secure my ten free digital prints at the new CVS Pharmacy. The one and only processing machine was a snail. Coupled with customers irresistible urge to enhance and tweak their photos one at a time, as the line snaked through the store. Add in last minute savers like me descending on the one hour photo department, which now was more like two hour photos, and you've got chaos and folks overheating in their jackets.



- I know we need the rain. I also know it helps cleanse our streets, etc., but I still prefer glorious sunshine. Rain in early autumn reinforces forecasters predictions of El Nino's return. Oh how I hope they're wrong, even if the patter of rain was a nice change.