Time Capsule

Hello Future,

My name is and I am writing this to you in June of 2012. First a little bit about me, I am a 42 year old man, am married to a wonderful woman and have 2 daughters from previous relationships. I currently work as a Level 2 Cisco Engineer supporting Cisco MCS VOIP servers. My typical day goes something like this get up around 5:30 – 5:45 AM, take a shower, get dressed and drive to work (yes we still physically drive gasoline powered cars). I work from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM Monday – Friday.

By the standards of my time I am fairly traditional, I work and spend time with my family and friends. I attend a religious service most weekends and follow the traditional holidays that most Americans of this time do: New Years, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

My feelings on our country are that we are more divided politically than ever before save the Civil War of the 1860’s. Unfortunately, the political parties in our country seem to have been hijacked by the extremists in both parties. No longer does anyone want to compromise, it is all or nothing, and in the process our country is going bankrupt financially and we have a hodge podge of laws regarding gay rights. My guess is as you read this you are wondering what the fuss on gay rights is or maybe even what gay rights are, currently in most states it is not legal for same sex couples to marry, which denies them tax benefits, power of attorney etc. The other events that have affected this country are the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, while most people support the troops there is a lot of dissent on the wars themselves, if they are just, worth the lives lost, and money spent etc.

I guess my dreams for the future are that, my children and grandchildren grow up in a more peaceful world, that there is an end to war and bloodshed, no longer do children die from disease and hunger that is preventable. I hope that these things are already a reality, however even as I write...