The New Enemy of the Modern World

Sleep, where is thy balm!!! and ISP, where is your honesty in advertising... they advertise, 'NO SLOW CONNECTIONS, EVER!!!' yet the past 5 days has seen my connection speeds drop from 60 to 100+ kilobytes per second, to 3 to 5, my IE windows once snaped open, now they groan, and if I phone up their front line CSR's who know virtually nothing other than what they are told by the management lackeys, complain that my modem is too far from the main incoming line, or that there are two many computers on the network... never their problem... let a real IT professional, like my son-in-law get involved and they run for cover by passing the phone to someone on the second string...but that is not what this blog is about, only a symptom of what and why I am writing at this time of night... the ENEMY!! SLEEP!! not the middle eastern terrorists, but our own culture of work, Calvinistic work ethic, the successful are closer to heaven than the poor, so work, work, work your buns off and YOU, will be one of THE CHOSEN!!! GOD will be smiling on your life!!! THAT IS A LIE FROM THE PIT OF WALL STREET!!! or Bay Street if you are Canadian, Canary Warf if in THE CITY!!! why are we sacrificing our health and our sanity, our marriages and very lives to work... we sell our time to the highest bidder we can find, in exchange for making a living, which in most cases is not enough to live on, so we are forced to put our spouses and children out into the work force to make life tolerable, by earning more to live on... the basics of life have now extended from food, clothing and shelter, to include transportation, electronic gadgets to make life easier in the kitchen, the workshop, and in our computerized den... our 'relaxation' time away from the act of gainful employment, now revolves around running around getting the kids to their extra curricular activities, sports, clubs and part time jobs, picking up groceries, doing the house hold chores, and then trying in the fading minutes of the day, to relax and do something 'productive' on the computer, or vegetate in front of the tv in the bedroom, watching some imitation 'reality' show that bears no resemblance to reality at all... and NOW I am going to post this and go check my other computer which is in the process of being wiped in preparation for a rebuild later tonight!!! TIME WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY@