Hello cruel world. I guess that is an appropriate and realist opening for what I hope will be an enjoyable read (this blog spot). Being a computer programmer who has suffered what I consider to be an inordinate amount of slings and arrows in the course of my life (which is about half over by my 'average lifespan' calculation).

I'm sure we all have gripes, whines and complaints against others, God, our parents, society, Mother Nature, fate and ourselves. I certainly have that and more....but I guess I also have a great appreciation of my state in life, sure it sucks in many ways, but when I consider against how the other 9/10 of the world's population gets on, well, I have NOTHING to say against my state.

Even today, someone like myself in the wrong country would simply be euthanised at birth due to the body that God gave me. In most first world countries, I'd likely be done away with before birth, thanks to the 'miracle' of ultrasound testing. So, while I greatly appreciate living in the present rather than the past, I can't help but wonder if I'd actually be able to be born today, or was I simply rather luckly to have slipped into this world 37 years ago...