Abscence

I have not blogged in a while- I will need to go back and reflect on some of the highlights of the past few weeks; including:

• Linux Training
• Getting a Wii
• Other misc purchases
• Vacation Time!
• Slingbox
• LA Fitness
• Thanksgiving
• Logitech MX Mouse
• etc..
  

I am writing this tonight as I have FINALLY found the lyrics for the spoken part of Sophia. This is a few lines that are very contemplative; they make me think every time I hear them.

Here it is:

The human animal is a beautiful and terrible creature,
capable of limitless compassion and unfathomable cruelty.

If you wish to find that which becomes the dividing line
between mankind and other biological classifications,
it rests not in brain size, dominance, or even emotional capability,
but lies in the unique capacity for human beings to reflect on their actions and show regret,
what is most certainly the ability to empathize, that gives them their position.

All animals understand love and affection, but only man shows the propensity to place himself into the shoes of another lifeform.
Losing this capability, among individuals of this species, reduces them below their much heralded position,
and readies the climate for the likely fall of man,
the fall from grace...