The inverse ratio rule of journaling

The second hand on the clock is moving way too fast and I started to try and catch up on the last 36 hours of beloved posts of all the talented bloggers I follow...and I wrote a comment or two but realized I was just writing fast, semi-generic comments like, "Great post." And I'd never get through 50 posts even doing that...so since most of the people I follow also follow me, I'll just do it once and then catch up on content when I can.

Great posts, everyone!

The inverse ratio rule of journaling (or blogging) is: You have time to write more words when nothing much is happening. When immersed in interesting things, you don't have time to write much. Ergo, the best things usually never get journaled.

Yesterday I spent the day in an adrenalin-laced full-scale Hurricane Drill in the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) where we prepare for the possibility of "The Big One." We even got to practice with a new collaboration with the Air Force where they flew two F-16 fighter planes up and down the coast with high-tech real-time video piped into the EOC which would be a huge help in fast initial assessment of damages after a hurricane. Very cool stuff, zooming in on inidividual houses or bridges...a little disconcerting since the technology was developed for Iraq so there are target cross-hairs in the center of the screen..but still cool.

In the evening, Karen and I visited throughout the evening with Barclay (see yesterday's blog) who held us on the edge of our seats with tales about tribal customs, life on the edge, strange diseases that haven't really been researched very much...yet. Wishing I could have just audiotaped four hours of conversation and posted it.

And wanting to find some time today, before I forget it, to write as much of it down as I can...but knowing today is already a lost cause timewise...

And even with just this short blog, I'm going to be late for work...grrrrrrrrrrr...

The inverse ratio rule of journaling sucks.

And by this evening or tomorrow morning, I'll have even more great posts to read!

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