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Sep. 13th, 2012 01:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ursangnomeIt is a mind-bogglingly beautiful day in Cambridge, MA. Sunny. Warm, but not hot, with a gentle on-again, off-again breeze to provide a little variety. The sky a lovely shade of blue, with nary a cloud....
The most clear indication that our culture is screwed up lies in how, when provided such a day, we do not shoo all non-essential personnel out of their offices, classrooms, and work-halls to enjoy the day, and compensate all those essential people handsomely for what they have missed. For, if there is anything at all that humans work for, it is enjoyment of such days.
I managed to take my lunch outside, under a tree, with a good book, at least. So there is something.
The most clear indication that our culture is screwed up lies in how, when provided such a day, we do not shoo all non-essential personnel out of their offices, classrooms, and work-halls to enjoy the day, and compensate all those essential people handsomely for what they have missed. For, if there is anything at all that humans work for, it is enjoyment of such days.
I managed to take my lunch outside, under a tree, with a good book, at least. So there is something.
