A (drunken) conversation this weekend brought up optimism and pessimism (or, as I refer to it, realism), and that’s inspired me depart from the usual subjects of this blog (moaning, mocking others, cars, technology, and a load of shite found on the web).

Many of my blog entries are rants, moans, and great, ranting outpourings at the world in general, and optimists (AKA: ‘Chirpy Bastards’, or ‘Deluded Simpletons’ as I like to call them) in particular. This might lead you to believe that I’m a miserable bastard.

I’m actually not. There are a great many things that annoy, depress, and irritate me in this world, but there are a great many things to be happy about. I just hold the view that it’s better to be pleasantly surprised when things go well, and to be happy with the things that are good, rather than be crushed by the inevitable dissapointment when things do go to shite, which, lets face it, they do. There’s many things that make me happy: My wife, my home, my family, my cat, moaning, mocking others, cars, technology, and finding a load of shite on the web, for example.

So, then, having stated my position of the glass being half empty, but that I’m hoping for a refill, is your metaphorical glass half full or empty? Or, as there’s a few techies here, did someone just specify the glass incorrectly in the first place?

The first person to mention ‘Positive Mental Attitude’ gets a kicking.