My Corner » standardization http://blog.spencerkellis.net An experiment in writing of life as I live it Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:24:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A Matter of the Utmost Importance to National Security http://blog.spencerkellis.net/2009/06/a-matter-of-the-utmost-importance-to-national-security/ http://blog.spencerkellis.net/2009/06/a-matter-of-the-utmost-importance-to-national-security/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:36:27 +0000 Spencer http://blog.spencerkellis.net/?p=68 Let’s visit the subject of my socks. Specifically, my black socks. There’s nothing quite so disconcerting as to arrive at church, look down at your feet, and see that you have one black and one blue sock on. As with misplaced strands of hair, one can only really hope that everybody around you actually doesn’t care about your appearance so much that the little details, like two dissimilar socks, are noted and logged for later review and chortling.

So here’s my proposition: standardize the black sock, just like the IEEE standardized the format of floating point representation.

Emily has been nagging me for quite some time to get rid of my hole-y black socks, so, for the first time in our recorded marital history, I authorized Emily to purchase for me new black socks as replacements. I have been hedging, dodging, bristling, avoiding, refusing, and generally unwilling to allow my hard-earned money to be spent on something so meaningless as a black sock. A new leaf has been turned. I am a new man.

I may actually be able to dress myself properly in the dark.

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