So I have this new contract gig, which I will be working a little while. It is on 34th st. I am up on the 21st floor, which affords some excellent views. I am 1 block west of the Empire State building and when I look east it fills the sky.

A life long weakness of mine is a tendency to at least initially trust that people are who they present themselves as. I still sometimes get suckered by bluster. A tough talking loudmouth who seemed to know everything recently crossed my radar. The subject was computers. I assumed anyone who talked like that had to have some skill. But I later I realized he was mostly a bluff, and a lot of his trash talking came from fear of being discovered.