MYTHOLOGY Heard a great story from my ex-wife today. Made me laugh. There is a n

MYTHOLOGY

Heard a great story from my ex-wife today. Made me laugh.

There is a not-small group of people in Seattle that seems to think I am Darth Vader or something. Which, while I do understand a bit, just isn’t the case. (I am a hamster – at least since my last illness.) Yes, some of those stories are PARTLY true. But most are a lot of made up nonsense: mythology.

And, just to put rumors to rest, NO I didn’t start the revolution here in Ukraine. 🙂 No, I was not sent here on the government payroll (this time at least.) No I am not currently working for the government (although I bet I’m back on a watch list somewhere – again.)

But if the truth be known, being Darth Vader isn’t all that hard. And you really don’t need the Force, or magic powers. You just need to outsmart them enough so that they THINK you have the force or magic powers. Then they start making up nonsense about you that takes on a life of its own – and sooner than you think: BAM – instant mythology. (Ack).

Unfortunately, it is really not very hard to outsmart a lot of people. The technique is called ‘the prestige’. Act like you’re doing ONE thing that seems obviously self interested, while really doing another that is not, or which is significantly less so. People always assume, presume, and once they commit to a plan of action, you are in control of their actions. Me, I follow the numbers, and I’m loyal to a fault. If you wanna know what I’m thinking, in the end, it’s the numbers and loyalty – you just have to understand WHICH numbers, and who I’m loyal to.

But that said, I don’t wanna be that guy any more. OK? That’s why I moved away from the dysfunctional land of the MSFT morality-distortion-field, to the land of nice people uncorrupted by such things.

It’s kind of surprising now to look back and see that world.

But, now, instead of back I’m moving forward.

I just want to create a revolution.

Not here. THERE.

– Curt