Keeping a web diary (i.e. weblog) does have its positive aspects. Twice now a long lost friend has called me making some obscure reference to something I’ve posted here. So now I know that people are reading these incoherent babblings here. I do have to keep telling myself that this weblog is public and I need to be careful about what I post here. Any criticisms are public and could get back to the person I’m criticizing.
Saturday night I saw Ocean’s Eleven with some friends in Gallatin. The movie theater where we saw it at is located on the square in Gallatin. It’s nice old movie theater. The movie was only $4 and much better than the last movie I saw, Lord of the Rings. Typically I judge a movie on how good it is by the number of times I look at my watch during the movie. I didn’t look at my watch any time during Ocean’s.
Martin Luther King Day is tomorrow. At the risk of sounding racist, there are a few words from King’s “I Have a Dream” speech that have always seemed to be against racial quotas. The words are “I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” Somehow that always echos in my mind everytime someone mentions hiring someone or giving out scholarships based on skin color. Content of character is important. Using skin color as a basis for hiring someone is just watering down the effect of one’s integrity.