Hey have u been enjoying the spring?  Its really starting to green up here, the tree buds are visible and soon will burst forth.  Reminds me of something that i learned when i used to go to school in Minneapolis Minnesota.

The northern Midwest of our country is noted for cold snowy winters.  So much so that in downtown Minneapolis many buildings are connected by walkway bridges across the streets on the second floors.  U can enter a building and walk for blocks crossing over the roads to other buildings all day without going back outside.

The climate there was described to me as really only two seasons:

Winter and Construction.  It was either too cold to go outside or warm enough to be building.  Of course there are truly 4 seasons but its accurate from a general point of view.

So that leads me to this – the construction of my own garage.  Still in the very early stages i am looking at the necessary steps to build a garage.  I’m psyched.

Will keep u posted.

I’m sure you have heard stories about people stuck in a small cabin and snowed in for the entire winter.  Tensions rise, emotions take over and then the descent into insanity.  Well not always but the stories are there.  This location i live in is not prone to such maladies, but we truly had a lousy winter from my perspective.  The perspective of having a 60 minute commute and a snowy winter.  And what seemed excessive cold.

So it is with great enthusiasm that i greet my favorite seasonal emotional period:

SPRING FEVER!!!!!

I feel very happy and know it is also infecting the local population as well by the audio signals – you can hear the motorcycles and hot rods cruising as the driver winds up the engine and gets that wind in your hair sensation.  Although in this state the helmet is decreed by law.  That’s another subject.  For now – HAPPY SPRING!  YAHOO!

Credit where credit is due dept:  this is not my idea. Originally from a woman at my church, my wife taught Sunday School with her for a number of years. So Connie, i herby give u credit for noticing and describing the principle. I have decided its time to lay it out for the world to see and acknowledge, to name it and “scale” it, so those inclined may find themselves a spot in it.

The idea is this: us menfolk tend towards either technical skills and preferences, or sports skills and preferences.  By sports i mean a physical, coordination requiring activity such as, but not limited to: football, basketball, tennis, hockey. Etc.

So here’s my “Tech – Sport continium”. The center of the scale is M – for median. This would b someone who is evenly divided technically / sports sense. (Not sure if there r actually any people out there that would fit this spot on the scale. Just in case we will assume there should b.) So now your engineer types might be T+8 or T+9, a hard core programmer geek a T+10. While your pro football and hockey players might be S+9 or S+10. It seems to me it is rare for most techs to b really into sports. This is where i place myself. I also see that many sports types might have trouble wiring a light switch. Thats ok. I can wire a house but u can’t depend on me to consistently catch a ball thrown my way or shoot a great swoosh and “snap the cords”.
Both types can b taught the other end of the continium. We r just talking about the internal gift the person carries.
I have tried not to b negative in any way. There is no zero just a theoretical medium. Both sides of the scale are positives. We need warriors and builders, coders and quarterbacks to make the world go round. Any thoughts?