Courage My Love - Feb 4/11

Seeing an eagle at any time can uplift the spirits. They look so noble and strong and graceful. This was taken at Brackendale, British Columbia on the Squamish River. Eagles are not always  noble or graceful, I have had to endure an eagle dump on my sailboat several times. YUCK! Four pounds of well digested rotted salmon all over the deck, the sails and yes, me.... Apparently it is good luck. Yeah right, as opposed to what? Getting hit by a nuclear missile? Being attacked by rabid seals? Maybe, if there were only those three choices, then an eagle dump is not so bad.

I need my spirits lifted, it is that dark cold February, the shortest month that takes the longest to get through. On the good news front, I am getting a 10G bonus at work. More good news, on May 6/11, I will be officially debt free! Not one cent owing to anyone! More good news, the company put more than 12G into my retirement plan in 2010. How can I not love my job? All that, and they let me do this too...

I was reading the local paper two days ago, and I read something that made me so mad I wanted to go out and rip the testicles off the author of the column. I think it was like a working advice column, you know the type, workplace situations, how to get a raise, acing the interview that kind of shit. This GUY writes in and says something like this:

Dear Jack

I work in an office with twenty people. There are two women in our office who dress very provocatively. It really bothers me and it is distracting. I know it bothers others as well. What can I do about this...

Joe

and Jack the Jackass writes back: "Yes it can be very unproductive in an office atmosphere to have women dress in a provocative manner. If your company does not have a dress code, maybe you could suggest to HR that they put one in, so that the expectation is clear to everyone. If there is an older woman in the office that you can trust, maybe you can approach her to tell these two women how distracting it is. If that is not an option, perhaps you can approach a woman in HR and ask her to deal with the problem. You should have others come with you to show that it is not just you, they are bothering, but others as well. "

WTF? Seriously WTF is that? Did we just flip back in time 50 years? What Jackass should have written, is something like this:

Joe:

Why don't you put your dick back in your pants and get back to work? The way someone dresses is their business, but your decision to view it as a sexual come on is redolant of the 1960's. Man, grow up! If they get raped, will it be their fault? You are an unbelievable cretin, I am surprised they let you out at all. Who raised you - a wolf pack?

I read it, then threw the paper out, but the more I thought about it, the angrier I got. So tomorrow, I'll find that paper, and get Jack's email address and tell him how I really feel. Am I wrong here? Are we so close to the cave man era that we have only a thing skin of civilization over us? Sadly, we probably are. Were something to happen to our western world as we know, we would disintegrate quickly into violent mayhem. Witness the aftermath of Hurrican Katrina. Lose our lights and grocery stores for a few days, or a few weeks and all hell will break loose.

Apparently since our appearance on this earth, being a woman takes Courage, my love.