Back in Business

I'm back in New York, and back to work. I got in around 4:30pm last night but since no one was available to pick me up at the bus stop I had to take the train home. I didn't actually get home until 5:30 pm and by that time my bladder was about to burst and I was thoroughly exhausted. I just plopped down on the couch and ate some more birthday cake in lieu of dinner.

I managed to squeeze in an arguement with my stalker last night. In the end we never make any progress, so I don't have much hope left. I really don't want to keep having the same arguement over and over again. That's that, on to other things.

I caught the Lincoln special that was on the history channel last night. It was very good and I am recommending it, they are having an encore this saturday i believe. Watching this last night made me think about slavery. It seems like such a remote and foreign concept to me. What is on my mind now is that I don't know who came up with this. Who in the world thought it would be a good idea to pluck people out of they country to use them in such a way? and who went along with it saying "well ok i guess they must be stupid since they don't act the same way as we do and since their skin is a different color"? Anyway, I think i will be doing more research on this. I also don't understand who came up with the idea of segregation and why they thought it would be awesome to make people use different water fountains based on skin color. It's hard to undertand the logic of different times. I guess that's what progress is all about. If anyone can recommend books or sites that will help me do some research please don't be shy.