Sep 12 2016 - Dying Friendships

I am growing apart from many of my good friends. The things that we once had in common, are fading away. I blame myself, and the fact that I have such a lack of commitment, and a short attention span.
"Always tired of things that are, and want the strange and new."

At various times in my life I have learned and understood electronic OpAmps. The last time was a few years ago. Now I need to know about OpAmps for a project I want to build. But I have forgotten all about them. Do I want to spend many hours of my life, to learn something "again", that I won't use for another few years, and I will have forgotten by the time I need it again?
At various times in my life I have learned and understood DNSSEC.
At various times in my life I have learned and understood fast motorcycles, world finance, aircraft, IPv6, programming, and meditation.

Because I am always trying new things, and never stick to one thing, I am a master, of nothing.
If I had kept to one path, I could have gone far. Most of my friends are masters of some skill or trade. I greatly envy, and admire them for sticking to what they know best.

Now my life is about learning cancer and prosthetic knees. None of my friends need that knowledge. It is not a topic that we naturally share. But because they are good friends, they do learn and share these things with me. They learn about these things only because these things affect me. It shows how good friends, they actually are.

The things I used to have in common with friends and loved ones, are disappearing, or no longer there. It is a real strain on a friendship when there is no common ground such as hobbies or passions.
Some people have been my very good friends for a long time, but now it seems the binding I have with them, is mostly out of habit. I no longer have anything to share or contribute to the friendship, and... I am losing them.
Some friends have decided that the lack of anything we have in common, is reason for them to move on in life, and search for other friends.
 I fear more of my friends, will follow that same path.

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There is not much worse than a sad, and boring blog.
So, on a lighter note:

I am well into fantasy football.
American football season got going yesterday.  There were 13 games. YEEHAA!! I am playing two teams this year.
Some Fantasy Football money sites now take Bitcoins.

Here are some Fantasy Football news quotes...

"Spending & Saving Tracker said 74.7 million Americans plan to participate in fantasy football this year, spending $4.6 billion."

"In 2006, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIEGA) banned online poker, but left out fantasy sports. Wagering money on fantasy sports, was deemed a game of skill – requiring knowledge of players’ likely performances – and not a game of chance."

There is a new real, actual, player, a rookie, that I ended up with in the draft. I wasn't happy with him, but he was all that was left. Then another team in my league tried to trade for him. I thought they were crazy, but before I could do the trade, "another" team also tried to trade for him. I decided that maybe he was more valuable than I had originally thought, and so I kept him.
My teams just barely won both of their games this weekend. :-) The player I almost traded away gave me the few extra points needed to win. He is now my hero. :-) I don't even know what he looks like.
Fantasy football is the ultimate non racial sport. Nothing matters except performance and statistics.

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Here is an interesting article:
https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/news/marieke-vervoort-euthanasia-paralympics-belgian-athlete-paralympian-wheelchair-racer-rio-2016

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