pause for station identification. have you ever experienced a group uncomfortable silence? lots of talk and commotion and then bam, nothing. silence doesn't even begin to describe it. all conversations suddenly hit a dead end all at the same time and everybody is left to twiddle their thumbs and wonder what the hell happened. people try to jump start something via directed question or comment but then that dies too. now imagine this for twenty extended minutes, with five or six protracted silences having passed. i'm not sure i've ever experienced something like this before.



in one on one conversations, there are lots of pauses, especially if two people don't know each other yet and the flow is yet to be established. but ten people in a room all having nothing to say at the same time? how can this be? somewhere, somebody with vital thoughts to pass on the world passed away withhout the chance to speak their piece. and this weekend, for a half an hour, the silence screamed.



i've been reveling in my non-work state. i'm been computer mia. incredible i know. but once memorial day is over and the craziness subsides, i will be back to regularly scheduled programming. just unpaid this time.