Simple pleasures02:36:21 PMI bought a new set of tires the other day and have been driving around ever since loving my 
car ever so much more than I did with the old ones.
It's not that they're better tires--in truth, they're probably worse...certainly a lot cheaper--but, rather, that they're new. New tires are still really round, so they roll better. They're smoother. The steering wheel turns more easily. They just feel...well...better. I've been spending the week driving around with that smile I get every time I buy new tires but then quickly forget...until I get the next new set.
It's a simple pleasure that has me thinking of other simple pleasures.
Writing code sometimes is that way. This week, I'm writing code that builds reports for a production tracking system. Sounds boring, I know, but really, it's very satisfying. Writing complicated code that works is very satisfying--a strong positive reinforcement for those of us Pavlovianish in our responses.
While writing that code, I've been enjoying some of my favorite tunes on the iPod. That's another simple pleasure, the iPod. It feels good in your hand, looks great to your eyes, sounds terrific.
One of my favorite songs on the iPod, which I've heard a couple times today, is Ray Charles and the Count Basie Orchestra doing Oh, What a Beautiful Morning. It is simply wonderful. Ray Charles is another simple pleasure.
All in all, it's been a good week for me so far (surrounded by all these things that make me happy)...but what about you? What are the simple pleasures you enjoy?
1. Vitor Pereira11/14/2007 04:53:55 PM
Homepage: http://www.vitor-pereira.com
Well, reading this blog entry was one of them. Thanks 
2. Charles Robinson12/21/2007 10:03:59 AM
Homepage: http://cubert-codepoet.blogspot.com
Something you'll appreciate: putting the top down on my Saab 9-3 Viggen and just driving. Feeling the transmission as I shift, how the car responds, peeling the paint off a wannabe ricer WRX... it's just so rewarding. 
This is going to sound cheesy, but I get tremendous satisfaction in taking a painful or tedious process and making it something people either don't mind or actually enjoy. Cutting through the red tape and political crap and enabling the line of business worker to just do the job right and satisfy the customer is what gets me up every morning.
