Hmm …. I thought I would somehow sidestep some of the questions I posed, by hand-waving. Didn’t work. So Tor, my good friend, asked me to answer the question I asked earlier.

Here is what she asked: “so, my question for you is: why the need for rational when you are talking about interactions with people?”

Irrationality, like laziness, is a default for me. Like everybody else, I am start imagining a lot of things when I am interacting with people. Its only when I am working, reading, writing, listening to music that I attain some focus. Music is the unusual one in the list. It is the only one that I can internalize in a short time. Coltrane.

On one hand, I think about my interactions with people and invariably have to start sifting through my thoughts just so I can try and make sense of anything.

On the other hand, I have been given a lot of second chances by people I thought would have given up their faith and hope in me. Gratitude.

Therefore, if I am rational or at least when I try to be, then it helps me understand the reasons behind the good and bad things people say or do.  Understanding has the power to drive out most of the negative thoughts. This, of course, has the added advantage of having more time to think about work.

My second post of the day. Have a presentation to give on Wednesday, so all the more reason to procrastinate.

A few people have made favorable comments about my blog over the past couple of weeks. In turn, I should thank the person whose blog I read at some point and decided that I too should write.

Thanks, Kyla.

Well, thank you to all the friends and family who have visited my blog. Thank you, thank you, thank you. A hundred blog hits. How cool is that!

Digression:

Its winter time in San Diego. That, of course, means sun light here. The mornings are cooler, no doubt. The days are warm just as you would expect in San Diego. The best part is the evening around here. The sky takes a different color everyday. Lasts a few minutes after which it is gone. Three different days, three different skies. Taken from the balcony outside my lab. Cannot complain about the view from my window.