I just received the following email. As you will be able to imagine after reading it... I am packing my bags to go vacation on a beach and planning my retirement.
Enjoy:
"SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
UNITED KINGDOM
Ref: PBL/CN/6654/CP.
Coupon No.PBL2348974321
When Libyan rebels starting trying to take the capital, Tripoli, was the first time that I really got what so many people like about twitter. I saw a short blip about it on a blog that I read and started searching the major news sites for any stories about it, but could find nothing. I decided to try checking the #Libya hashtag on twitter.com. People on the tech blogs aren't kidding when they call it a fire hose of information. By the time I would read through the tweets I could see on a page, 20, 30, or 40 more had accumulated.
If so, who? This question requires you to answer a couple other questions first.
First: Am I happy or unhappy with my life as it is?
There is a certain serendipity about life that is hard to understand but easy to appreciate. Recently I took part in a weekend seminar where, among other things, I made a list of 20 things I wanted to do in the next year. I decided to dream big with the idea that maybe by putting it down on paper, I would be more likely to do what it takes to make it happen. One of the items on my list was to fly in a small airplane.
Yesterday, after putting away groceries, we noticed a flyer in the bottom of the bag about an airplane show with airplane rides. What a strange coincidence!
It is that time of year again. The summer is winding down and it has just passed from unbearably hot to bearably hot in the shade. My garden is getting ready to unload a massive torrent of ripe vegetables. The dogs have started to shed. And my family and I are preparing, once again, to travel to Northern Minnesota to descend on Long Lake and take over the Deer Trail Resort for a week.
