Missing work

Collected Quotes from Albert Einstein

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction

This will be the 6th time in life I've missed work:

1. Before I was married but after I started at IBM. I had viral pneumonia and missed work for a week. I'm guessing 1973 or 1974. (started with IBM in February '73 and was married December 28th, 1974).
2. When I broke my neck on Labor Day in 1987 (September 7th, 1987). Until November 25th (Thanksgiving Eve) 1987
3. Early 1988 for a week. February. My neck surgery of the previous September did not heal correctly and it was redone.
4. I had back surgery on December 28th, 2004. It was our 30th anniversary. I was to be hospitalized for 3 days but managed to get out the next day. I missed three weeks of work.
5. I had the C-Diff infection in 2011 and missed 8 weeks of work
6. I missed all of last week of work and will start short term disability on Monday. Unclear how long this will last!

I'm thankful that my dear manager Denise and the company for which I work are so accommodating.

Smart ... but not wise!

Einstein letter calls Bible ‘pretty childish’

Excerpt:

The letter up for sale, written to philosopher Eric Gutkind in January 1954, suggests his views on religion did not mellow with age.

In it, Einstein said that "the word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish."

"For me," he added, "the Jewish religion like all other religions is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions."

Addressing the idea that the Jews are God's chosen people, Einstein wrote that "the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong and with whose mentality I have a deep affinity have no different quality for me than all other people. As far as my experience goes, they are also no better than other human groups, although they are protected from the worst cancers by a lack of power. Otherwise I cannot see anything 'chosen' about them."


Comment: Psalm 14:1, "The fool has said in his heart,“There is no God.” They are corrupt, They have done abominable works, There is none who does good"