My Manifesto: The Incoherent Ramblings of a Madman

It didn't rain, the birds were singing, eating, and crapping merrily over my car and it's the state of origin game tonight - could things be better? Of course. Am I content with them the way they are for the moment? Yes.

The highlight of my day was being abuse by the lady from Terra Consulting - I really can't understand how that company stays in business - they never return my calls, they are rude, abusive, and arrogant.

I've been offered a 50% off a 3 day vacation voucher - all I need is 3 days off, and someone to go on holidays with - any takers? I thought not - but asking questions to an inanimate screen isn't exactly the best way to get replies for anything.

And in state of origin news we have 2 teams who are meant to be made up of the best players from each state - but there are many problems with both teams............

We have the bulk of players made up from the Newcastle Knights, who are going pathetic this year, the top side in the competition is Canberra Raiders - they have no players in the NSW team, the other top sides don't seem to be represented either.

The players who are in both teams have all but a handful had poor club form. Why is it that sporting teams, political teams, acting teams, and just teams in general always seem to be chosen based on who they are, rather than what they can achieve?

You don't buy a stock that has been performing badly the past year but went well on one day, you don't hire a person who has pulled off one task well but underachieves the rest of the time - so why would you choose 2 teams of players to represent your state who have not had recent good form? It astounds me the amount of times they poorly choose teams of any kind, then wonder why they underperform. Alas, I am but a mere engineer, what do I know about choosing anything? I couldn't even choose my own career path properly!