tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224652730919207276.post1821657148949425244..comments2024-03-28T13:30:34.933-07:00Comments on Norm's Norms: Button-Pushingnormsnorms.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12535995898255666585noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224652730919207276.post-44416205163882839372010-07-10T15:20:11.458-07:002010-07-10T15:20:11.458-07:00When it came to creative writing, I would also spe...When it came to creative writing, I would also spend hours writing and rewriting my haiku, poetry and short stories. I spend 4 years on a novel. But I have changed over the last 15 years and I worry a lot less about spelling and grammar and word choice. I will write a poem once, maybe twice. Perfection is unachievable. If out of thousands of poems I have written one is remembered, I am satisfied. If not, I am satisfied. <br /><br />I have lived too long to have regrets. Did I make mistakes? Yes. Did I say things that hurt people? Yes. Did I apologize? Yes. Do I regret? No. Life is too short to worry about what is past. In the end I have lived the life I was supposed to live and learned the lessons that I was supposed to learn. If I come back again, we will see what happens next time.hkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16296312618266909443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224652730919207276.post-3957134533557816502010-07-10T13:15:09.297-07:002010-07-10T13:15:09.297-07:00In my early days in business, I would spend hours ...In my early days in business, I would spend hours crafting memos to be sure I got them right. I learned fast not to put anything on paper that might come back to haunt me. I still occasionally spend hours crafting and reviewing business emails before I send them.<br /><br />Where I don't spend as much time reviewing what I am writing is in responding to blogs. I probably should be more careful here too. The problem is the font is too small and I can't print and review. I think the inability to print means I don't review enough. And I have never got into texting and hope I never do.hkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16296312618266909443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224652730919207276.post-16055689837572373792010-07-10T11:17:29.593-07:002010-07-10T11:17:29.593-07:00Harley- You are a model citizen. Proper constraint...Harley- You are a model citizen. Proper constraint and no regretable emals. Wow! I suppose the ease of electronic messaging taps into my impulsive side. I think we haven't yet fully come to terms with this new technology...it's ethics, its perils or power to<br />gather together kindred spirits. <br /><br />And hats off to your children born into a far different world than we knew as kids.normsnorms.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12535995898255666585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224652730919207276.post-25641783095182740232010-07-10T08:18:45.197-07:002010-07-10T08:18:45.197-07:00I agree with most of this. Face to face communica...I agree with most of this. Face to face communication is still the best, though, people do get into fights even face to face. And the telephone is second best because we can hear the tone of the voice. In the end, I think the problem lies with the humans who use the technology and not the technology. Rarely, have I sent an email that I regretted. That does not mean I don't get angry or say stupid things. I just don't do it in writing since it is more permanent and can come back to haunt you.<br /><br />The only thing I take issue with is the younger generation who does not read. I lay the blame on the parents not the technology. Parents need to read to their children from a young age. I read the Hobbit to my daughter when she was 4 years old. She grew up reading and loving books. We are caring for my wife's 2 year old great-niece. She loves books. Her favorite bedtime story is Goldilocks and the Three Bears which I tell her every night at bedtime. Literacy starts with the parents.hkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16296312618266909443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224652730919207276.post-2767255441730218292010-07-10T07:19:47.278-07:002010-07-10T07:19:47.278-07:00Well articulated and thought provoking. I did some...Well articulated and thought provoking. I did some examining of self and realized that when I "blurt" back an email I often want to grab it back within seconds after hitting that blasted send button. As a result, when receiving an annoying email from ultra liberal friends I blurt at the monitor, decide to come back later, wipe my spittle from the screen and close the mail program. I then rant to my wife about those frikking bleeding hearts. She in turn tells me I should be more tolerant which in turn has me blurting at her and I see in her eyes that I have hurt her which loads me with guilt and I blame the liberals, hurry back to the computer and send a nasty reply, much nastier than they would have been had I answered immediately. . . . and so it goes.<br /><br />So, after reading your thought provoking post I have made a list of subject matter on which I am committed not to answer for at least three days or in some cases never in order not to lose any more friends or family members who won't speak to me. I have pasted the list in the corner of my monitor as a reminder of what I promised. The list reads as follows:<br /><br />1. Anti gay or black jokes.<br />2. Jewish jokes with an anti Semitic hidden agenda.<br />3. Mention of "we should open the borders to all" ideas<br />4. Israel mistreats the Palestinians. <br />5. Last minute "I can't keep my appointment because I have to trim my nose hair."<br />6. Global warming is bullshit.<br />7. Wait a little longer for people who don't respond to my emails (other than jokes)<br />8. An item that can be hurtful to someone that is untrue and unchecked as to its truthfulness. <br />9. Any emails from F or F asking for money.<br />10 The Yankees really only win so much because they throw money at people.<br />11 Gore invented the Internet jokes.<br />12 People who quote Limbaugh, Beck or O'Reilly.<br />13 People who write to tell me that my joke wasn't funny.<br /><br />I should no doubt wait before hitting the send button now but . . .Fred's Factshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08101060602248824922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224652730919207276.post-84733790428876602672010-07-10T07:19:00.520-07:002010-07-10T07:19:00.520-07:00Well articulated and thought provoking. I did some...Well articulated and thought provoking. I did some examining of self and realized that when I "blurt" back an email I often want to grab it back within seconds after hitting that blasted send button. As a result, when receiving an annoying email from ultra liberal friends I blurt at the monitor, decide to come back later, wipe my spittle from the screen and close the mail program. I then rant to my wife about those frikking bleeding hearts. She in turn tells me I should be more tolerant which in turn has me blurting at her and I see in her eyes that I have hurt her which loads me with guilt and I blame the liberals, hurry back to the computer and send a nasty reply, much nastier than they would have been had I answered immediately. . . . and so it goes.<br /><br />So, after reading your thought provoking post I have made a list of subject matter on which I am committed not to answer for at least three days or in some cases never in order not to lose any more friends or family members who won't speak to me. I have pasted the list in the corner of my monitor as a reminder of what I promised. The list reads as follows:<br /><br />1. Anti gay or black jokes.<br />2. Jewish jokes with an anti Semitic hidden agenda.<br />3. Mention of "we should open the borders to all" ideas<br />4. Israel mistreats the Palestinians. <br />5. Last minute "I can't keep my appointment because I have to trim my nose hair."<br />6. Global warming is bullshit.<br />7. Wait a little longer for people who don't respond to my emails (other than jokes)<br />8. An item that can be hurtful to someone that is untrue and unchecked as to its truthfulness. <br />9. Any emails from F or F asking for money.<br />10 The Yankees really only win so much because they throw money at people.<br />11 Gore invented the Internet jokes.<br />12 People who quote Limbaugh, Beck or O'Reilly.<br />13 People who write to tell me that my joke wasn't funny.<br /><br />I should no doubt wait before hitting the send button now but . . .Fred's Factshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08101060602248824922noreply@blogger.com