There's something I saw last night as I was watching the San Antonio Spurs win the NBA Championship last night. It was one of the many commercials promoting a product that, when I saw it, I was befuddled by.
The commercial was for a curved TV being put out by Samsung. After watching this commercial I asked the following question on Twitter:
Last night during the first game of the NBA Finals, the air conditioning in the home of the San Antonio Spurs, the AT&T Center, malfunctioned, resulting in sweltering conditions that affected both the players and the fans watching the game inside the arena. At the end of the third quarter of the game, the San Antonio Spurs released the following statement about the malfunction: “An electrical failure for the power that runs the AC system in the AT&T Center has occurred. We are continuing to work on resolving the problem. We apologize for any inconvenience.” However, this appears to not be the first draft of that statement. Late on Thursday night, a memo leaked of what was circulated among Spurs' management as they began addressed the situation involving the air conditioning. The memo consisted of a singular link to the video embedded below:
Take your normal superhero origin story. Guy gets powers, guy realizes he has powers, guy goes out to save the world. Now factor this in: the guy has a score to settle.
Everybody wonders what it is that makes them who they are. The Hawk thought that question was securely answered. However a meeting with a boy in a hospital causes him to question everything. Why he is, who he is, what he is, and even if he is.
Eleven years after the events of Consequences Of Mayorust, The Hawk finds himself dealing with many of the same issues that many of us deal with: A less than satisfying job, co-workers of variant annoyance, and a romantic life is unhealthy at best. Thrust into all this is Madison Medina, a well meaning woman who's adversarial relationship with The Hawk morphs into a kind of friendship. Madison, in addition to learning more about herself and her abilities, help to reveal deeper problems inside the organization both she and The Hawk work for.
In every workplace there is a person. A person who doesn't talk to anyone, has walled themselves socially, and seems openly hostile to everyone. Every workplace has this person, even if you don't know of such a person, they're there. The Black Robin Christmas Carol is the story of one of these people. It delves into who this person is, why this person is, and how this person can change for the better.
There is a story. A story of pain, a story of loss, a story of unspeakable horrors, a story that has not been given it's proper attention. Some are ignoring this story. Some are unaware of this story. Some know of this story but are complicit in it's darkness. This is a story that must be told. Told so that the good can stop it and the bad can feel shame for it.
When I thought up thig blog, the name I first thought up was "Random Bullshit". Quickly I recognized that this name would put some people off. Then I thought of the name "Random Bull****". That seemed to be to much clutter. Then I was inspired with the name that dons this blog today.