What a Judge should do

I took a call the other day from (lets call her Ashley, in order to protect her privacy), calling to get cable boxes for the judges' tv, she worked for five of them. Once she verified the account to me (in order for me to give her information), I gave her all possible options, but told her that only Judge Q, whose name is on the account, is the ONLY authorized person to do this, so I advised her to have him call us and put her as an authorized person.

"WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT! I'M THE ONE WHO HANDLES THE ACCOUNT, THE ONE IN CHARGE OF PAYING THE BILLS... YOU DON'T EXPECT ME TO CALL THE JUDGE OUT OF COURT FOR THIS? THIS IS RIDICULOUS! CAN I SPEAK WITH A MANAGER PLEASE?

"Sure! I can let you talk to a manager, but let me tell you this first: Judge Q can call anytime he wants in order to put you as an authorized person, as we're here for you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We do this in order to comply with a federal law for the account holder's protection, as you work for judges, I hope you understand that we ought to comply with the law, we do not do this to cause any inconvenience"

Ashley was still angry, but I believe she understood, despite threatening to go to another company, as she did not insist in speaking with a manager. The judges must know by now what happened. What will the judges think about? I don't know. I hope they feel glad we did this, as Ashley could've done this without working for them anymore, and that is why we do this.

This made me think about a judge's role. Unfortunately, a judge's role IS NOT to do what is right, but to comply with the law and make sure that people don't go against it, or at least not without having appropriate consequences. If we take a look into controversial issues such as abortion, if it is permitted, well, despite being conservative, a judge will not punish these actions. Laws are written in such a way, that all judges can understand, but the problem is that judges DO NOT ALWAYS abide to them. I'm not a lawyer, but could it be as simple as saying that abortion is unconstitutional as it is a murder to kill a human life? Perhaps the fact that some judges will say yes, and others will say no is the reason why there are multiple disputes, lawsuits, attorneys defending in favor or against many cases...

The day in which we have ALL AND NOT MOST of our laws that are morally right, and all judges that act honestly and WITHOUT subjectivity, that is when we will truely say that a perfect justice system is what we have. This will include, without limiting to the fact that cases will be resolved in a timely manner. If you have not watched it, I advise you to check "Presumed Guilty" documentary.

Seeking Equilibrium

Working full-time for six days a week and taking your day off to do homework eventually drives you mad. This is not because of any difficulties encountered, but because of the lack of days off.

I'm no exercise fan, but a brisk walk twice or thrice a week used to be part of my schedule. Initially, I needed the money to pay some debt and continue paying my masters degree, but now that my debt has gone down and now that I'm more than halfway done with my classes, it's time to slow down a bit. I'm going to be working five days a week now, I expect to have two days to do homework, take a walk, go to church without being on a rush and dedicate some time to those who will not be here indefinitely. I want to see my friends more often, just as I used to.

Cooking and photography will be a must. I'm thinking about trying marbled brownies with M&M Almonds... or with peanuts, as I've eaten those already. I'm still developing my own Chinese rice recipe. I've been unable to match Chef Boyardee's pizza sauce. The good thing about creating and/or seeking to make better/healthier recipes as a scientist is the fact that no failed experiment is done twice, and the learning process is fun.