January 15, 2010

Today is the first day of the next phase in my life.  Kris had to work her last day.  She popped up out of bed.  I was disappointed that I was awake, hoping for a decadent morning of sleeping in.  While I got plenty of sleep, I was somewhat disappointed in waking up so early.  Kris, on the other hand, was riding a last-day-of-work high.  I was jealous, not that she was getting to go to work, but that the events of the week had robbed me of that joy. 

My news story did not make the front page, which was good.  It was pushed back to page 3, although still a bit more prominent than I would prefer.  I read the article and had a little twinge of dread when I realized that the paper was quoting from a document authored by me.  I was quoted in the paper, although at least it wasn’t attributed to me. 

I read the comments online about the article.  It had many comments and they ranged from one extreme to another.  People equally expressed knee jerk reactions against the government as they did against the oil companies.  A few of the comments had me wondering who made the comments since I clearly knew them.  It was probably a good reminder of the reality of public opinion, the public is a diverse mix of perspectives and some of them are rather extreme.