A good day.

Ever have one of those days where you just want to ignore the alarm and sleep in?

Yeah. I so did it this morning. And it was simply marvelous. However, it also meant my work infringed upon my afternoon, which meant my workout session didn't happen until nearly 3 p.m. It's all good, though.

Did some interesting research on a personal note today, and discussed it in greater detail with the wife when we went out for a walk this evening. (And yes, I got my sourdough starter going, so finger's crossed!) The topic? Corporate mis-management.

It's rampant in America. Britain as well. While I'm all for capitalism in all its glory, it has sort of come 'round to bite its followers in the ass. We see it on a daily basis. AIG. GM and Chrysler. Major insurance firms, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, auto makers, real estate brokerages, you name it...they are crumbling. And at the top of it all is the people behind the desks who write the paychecks, who make the decisions. The people who are raking in millions of dollars in bonuses for making bad decisions.

I said it in another post (last month I think) that it's like this: when you were in school, and you did something bad, you earned detention. Why? Because you were stupid. You made a bad call, and you were punished for that bad choice to teach you not to make it again. Take it to a corporate level. Here you have CEOs and people in chairman positions making bad decisions on a daily basis, and do they get punished? Hell no! They get rewarded for their mis-calculations, their mis-judgements, their mis-managements.

I'm firmly behind Obama's administration and their push to eliminate corporate bonuses. Company heads need to be penalized for making decisions that drive their companies into the ground, not rewarded. And not a slap on the wrist, either. At the very least they should be forced to give back the millions in bonuses they were awarded for making bad decisions. After that, they should be forced to repay the millions of dollars of investors money they squandered on bad business decisions. And after that, when they are penniless and sorrowful over their actions, they should be stripped of their titles and serve hard prison time for wasting the time, money, and resources of hundreds of thousands of individuals.

On a side note, I didn't have pizza tonight. We had suvlaki, which is sort of like a gyro. We went on our daily walk to the park and decided to have a snack along the way. Which is probably good, because it was far healthier than a giant slice of pizza would have been. And technically I'm on a diet. But I felt like cheating, since I already slept in and cheated on my wake-up time. Ah, well.

On a side note, I think blogging is something I should have started years ago. Sadly, I'm a bit behind the times when it comes to social networking. Sure, I had my gaming forum connections from the past 15 years of MMOing, but while running a construction company I never needed to worry about social networking. However, now that I'm in a new career that is growing in leaps and bounds, I've found that blogging is a great way to generate new clients, as well as showcase your "inner" side that clients don't always get to meet, since 95% of the work I do is based entirely on the Internet. I don't meet people face-to-face, and it helps reassure people when they can see the "real" you. As I'm sure you are aware (if you read "my first post" that is), I just started this particular blog back in March. Prior to this I had used MySpace and Facebook for the past 2-3 years to keep in touch with friends and family. Now that my writing career is rocketing along, a public blog seemed like a good way to go. So far, it's more than paid off.

So, as I finish my chai and wind down for the evening (great new episode of Lost btw), I'll leave you with this: the world is what you make of it. If you choose to have a good day, then have a good day.