Monday, 5 April 2004
My donut had multi-colored duck and bunny sprinkles
Bear with me in the last non-blojsom posts to this blog...
Daylight savings started this past weekend in the United States. States may choose whether or not they will observe daylight savings time, Link. I happen to live in one of the 50 states that does observe daylight savings time. Relevant to you? Maybe. Relevant to me? Yes. Why? I own close to 30 watches.
I remember an ice breaker from a corporate training class where we were asked to describe the watch we were wearing. Let's go with that for now because I don't remember what you were asked to describe if you weren't wearing a watch. The point was that this was something you're initimate with every day, but somehow, someway, some details were, shall we say lost in translation.
Details are relevant in a particular context. For example, I chose the watch I wore this morning because a) I thought it matched my outfit and b) I chose not to wear it Saturday night. The watch is functioning properly. I changed its day and time this morning before I left for the office. The details of its color and style are now irrelevant. The details of it functioning correctly are now irrelevant. If I change outfits or its battery goes dead during the day, those details may not be so irrelevant.
The point is that in a given context, details affect the choices we make. At the drive-thru this morning, I asked for a bagel with cream cheese, coffee, and a vanilla frosted donut. My donut had multi-colored duck and bunny sprinkles. I did not choose a donut with sprinkles. If you're reading this before you head to work, maybe you'll make a choice I was not given.
Posted by at 9:37 PM in My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
