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November 27, 2005
A "Tiring" Weekend...
I've been off work for five days due to the Thanksgiving holiday, and believe me, I am ready to go back to work. While engaging in the requisite shopping, over-eating and christmas decorating, I managed to squeeze in a flat tire, a couple hours trying to fix it with two helpful, but entirely untrustworthy neighbors, and an hour and a half wait in Wal-Mart on discovering the tire had leaked significantly overnight. On top of that I finished reading "Beyond Politics: Markets, Welfare, and the Failure of Bureaucracy", I'm not too sure how much of the material I absorbed because it's content was so over-my-head, but I forged ahead, re-reading sentences two or three times before realizing I still had no idea what it meant and moving on. Some of it must have taken root though, because I did understand the concluding two chapters, and particularly the section on privatization which only confirmed my suspicions. Closing the covers of the book, I was overcome with a deep feeling of satisfaction for having finished, perhaps similar to a marathon runner on finishing the race, regardless of position, or pain. However, believing I must be somewhat smarter for the experience, I will be happy to engage in 40 hours of mind-numbing physical labor beginning tomorrow afternoon.
Posted by Anna at November 27, 2005 10:02 PM