And, yes, the Unseen Hand always humbles us.

Although, as a young adult, a abhorred things like fraternities and secret societies, I suppose there is a place for inner circles amongst friends. “It is what it is.”

I guess I’ve never set out to start “Inner circles” but I tend to create them naturally. Even now, at my job, I have an inner circle of three, myself included, whom I confide in. There are others who I may talk to, but at the end of the day, I gravitate to the Haitian Sensation and Hank Greenberg.

As for the power thing — I suppose that’s why I naturally hate/get stressed out by too much power. I know, deep down, power can go to my head. No matter how good I think I am, I know it’s inevitable. I’ve seen too many others let it go to their head.

I suppose that’s why my favorite managers tend to be for the players/employees, and they act as a shield between employees and management.

I also suppose that is why I pushed for weekly employee/management meetings at Tashman — to use my authority to increase understanding between the two sides, and create an environment where we’re all striving for the same goal.

I find that life/unseen hand has a way of, uh, humbling me when things are going well. So, I’ve never really gotten a chance to get used to power, which is a good thing, I suppose, at the end of the day.

Unfortunately for him, when he refused to delete a comment with the words “[CENSORED] [CENSORED]” that linked to some photo that was probably from an innocuous wedding, and perverted Freedom of Speech to include anarchy for deviants, even if it was an apparent joke, I had to take it down. Well, actually, when I deleted it and he put it back UP, that’s when I had to take the whole R.A.W. blog down.

The comments section in that blog had turned into a sewer. God only knows the vermin that lurked there. I didn’t have the resources to police it all.

I take full responsibility for stamping “DONE!” on the R.A.W. blog.

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On the subject of guilt: I definitely felt no animosity or anger towards George Steinbrenner when I heard of his passing. It was probably similar to the hallow feeling Dr. Doom had when he finally conquered the earth in Emperor Doom.

However, when I kept hearing the “Heart of gold” comments, and how HE built 7 championships, and how HE was a great team owner, THAT ticked me off.

So, yes, I respect the dead, regardless of how they lived, for some reason, but I can’t stand revisionist history.

For example, when Saddam Hussein was executed (speaking of enneagram type 8), I did not feel like cheering even though he deserved the full measure of Iraqi justice for the hundreds of thousands of lives he snuffed out or ruined. Now, if the MSM had started playing “Heart of gold” tributes to Saddam that would’ve riled me up.

I value all life, and I value history.

Was just listening to an interview w/filmmaker Rian Johnson wherein he said he made a short film with this title. Is this it?

Nice one!