My Apologies to the Young Man That Cuts Our Lawn

A few weeks ago, an esteemed executive told me that I shouldn’t admit to having someone cut my lawn, because I guess it’s something one should take a great deal of shame in.  I believe this man, because he’s an extremely hard working, talented, visionary.  Just ask him.  Scratch that.  You probably won’t need to.  He’ll volunteer that information.

So, in my shame, I want to apologize.  I apologize for giving a high school student a summer job and allowing him to develop a healthy work ethic.  I apologize for paying him more than what he asked for, because we felt that he was under charging for his product (which is, quite frankly, amazing).  I apologize for helping him save for college.  And, lastly, I’m sorry I made the rash decision to hire someone to cut my grass without making sure that it was the socially acceptable thing to do.

Next time I make even the most minor life decision, I will make sure to ask a high and mighty, over educated, executive.  As I lack the social aptitude and intellectual wherewithal to make such decisions on my own.

How embarrassing…

As tempting as it might be, I’m not going to change the timestamps between my first post and this one. At the point, among my friends and colleague, my blog (or lack thereof) is a point of comedy (or tragedy, depending on how you look at it). The issue is that I have been spending an undue amount of time planning out its content, deciding what it will and will not be. I have finally, decided that scrap that. A friend has been advising me to just DO and learn from the experiences. He just started his blog, and already has three or four times the number of entries as my own and are still of great quality. So, I’ll take his advice. You are probably going to see a lot of post in quick succession, as I have a lot of things stored up.

Welcome

Thanks for dropping by. This blog will be mostly about my interests in computer and cognitive science as well as where the two of them sorta join up. I will try to make it readable even by those who do not work in either domain. I hope I can produce something both interesting and enjoyable. Any feedback is appreciated.