Theme From Don Juan De Marco (Kamen) Austin Durack Spanish Guitar

Those that read my blog do know that I love to share music, especially if I find someone, whether a group or sole player, that I find enchanting one way or another. I found this gem of a player who was covering Cuando La Ames aka Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman. I actually prefer the Spanish version for lyrics and instrumentals are always the path from which music grows.


Anyway, enough of my late night banter, without further adieu I present Austin Durack covering Cuando La Ames (Don Juan DeMarco Sountrack (Michael Kamen).

Pet Peeve: Using Your Spit In the Workplace

I only decided to write this based on the sheer disgust that I embrace seeing something that people do everyday which I akin to "picking ones' nose" in public.  While I am not a germaphobe by any means, I do have this one little pet peeve that bothers me to no end.  I hate when people lick their fingers and then touch things at work.

It goes something like this:   You get called into a meeting, there are handouts which means someone will be tasked with the disbursement of related papers; reports; agenda's etc.  Of course, I start to cringe when I realize that the person already standing up walking towards me is reaching for her mouth, I see it in slow motion; the fingertips meeting the the lips, the tongue darts out softy to wet the fingers and voila! there you have it, an instant sticky at your beck and call!

And the most horrid part of this, is when they touch that goo to the paper that they want to hand me. Nuh-uh. I refuse to take it. Just a little fact, there is no conclusive number of how many bacteria are actually in your mouth, however according to an article from Paul Arnold Managing Editor at Bright Hub

"It has been estimated that there are over 100 million in every millilitre of saliva from more than 600 different species."

I gag as I watch someone who insists on sticking pens in their mouth, wet their fingers to get their pages ready to fax, and what do they do? Yes, that's right, they then take the pen out of their mouth and punch the numbers on the machine as if to mark their turn with their sloppy seconds.  I do not want to share your spit, I do not want to kiss you, or your Dog or your Lover, thank you very much.

We do have finger-rubbers (yes, that is what they are called), to help you go through all those papers, and guess what?  You will no longer have to "hock a loogie" as a remedy for your paper-separating problems.


I believe it is obviously is an unconscious behavior from other-wise health sensitive people that do wash their hands in the bathroom after they use it...or do they?  It is odd because these are the same people that complain when someone sneezes or coughs anywhere within a city block of their vicinity but think nothing of wanting me to share their gingivitis.

So if you are one of those people who say to yourself: "Yes, that's me, I do that". Then please, stop it.

Thank you.

Ref: http://www.brighthub.com/science/genetics/articles/45935.aspx

Not Everyone Is Special So Be Ready For It

There is so much written about empowering yourself and how special everyone is. It is not true. Any of it. Maybe when people realize that, we'd have less dissection in the ranks. One natural instinct for parents is to repeatedly tell their children just that,  you are special, just as you are, you fabulous little person. When we, as parents, try to instill confidence and give encouragement to the point that it becomes meaningless.

I have had the pleasure of watching those very fabulous little ones, grow-up. And I have equally been tasked with working along side them. And I see the work ethic is lacking, there is no initiative to step-up to the plate and be part of any team except for the one that is called: "watch out world because I'm a Princess or I'm a Prince, I can't really do anything but my degree speaks for itself. Oh and by the way, my Mom still makes my lunch, I can't wash a dish, I can't cook, I drive a car but I don't know how to operate one. And you want me to put paper in the photocopier when it says its out? Outrageous!!!!  That is not my job.

And what is better than this? They are so self-absorbed that you have helped create a person who's main bragging is that they believe reality TV is fantastical and that this is how you treat other people. Rather frightening to know that you are going to be judged in about 6 months by this person, they will become your supervisor, and why, because life is unfair and blah blah blah. True, but sometimes it also helps if you are friends with management. The old adage "it is not what you know that counts, it's WHO you know that matters" is true as red is red. 

Here is one sure thing in life, get a Degree. It may not get you everything but it will get you opportunity. And that is the key.  And that way, when you compete with the elite of the ones raised as more special than a rainbow coming out a unicorns bum, that you will be able to give yourself more than one edge when it comes to getting where you need to be.