Hundred Hand

So my sister just had twin baby girls and I got to spend a lot of time with them at the hospital over the weekend. There’s something nice about hanging out with a baby, and I think I’ve figured out the reason why. You know how in superhero movies how the best part is when they first discover they have super powers and they try them out for the first time? Babies are just like that, only their powers are things like being able to open their eyes to look around, and to move their hand and grab things. Raising a baby is just like watching a really long superhero movie; they learn to do new things all the time. Granted none of these things are amazing on their own, but you’re along with them for the journey and that’s fun.

Of course, you don’t feel this way about other people’s kids. I think it’s because you know you’re not going to see this kid very often so even if they start doing something interesting you won’t get to see the ending. It’s like sitting down to watch 2 minutes of the middle of Harry Potter. Despite it being a good movie, it’s tough to care when you know you won’t get to see the whole thing.

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I have a whole list of tasks to do at work, but I’m having trouble deciding which one to do next. One is high urgency and medium priority, while the other is high priority, but medium urgency. I guess the best thing to do in this situation is to blog.

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I’ve been investing in the stock market for the past year, and there is something that’s always bothered me about it. The stock market may generate wealth for a lot of people, but it doesn’t actually do anything on its own. Nothing is produced, it’s just money being moved around. It’s a handy way for companies to generate investments, I get that, but what seems odd is just how large of an industry we have that does nothing except move around money. 1 in every 5 bucks that changes hands in the country is going towards someone in the financial industry.

I work for a company that doesn’t even move money around itself, it moves research documents around to companies so they know how to move their money around. How does this business model even work? What happens when there is an apocalypse and people suddenly realize they no longer have any usable skills? You know who would be in good shape? Bear Grilles and Les Stroud. I should quit my job to become a survivor man. We really should be growing the survival industry.