Used to be that one good turn deserved another, do unto others etc, was the norm. But norm died a long time ago and we are now in the world of that was yesterday, what have you done for me lately? The cat knows that it's a dog eat dog world, and for some reason that's just fine by him!
Recently I introduced a number of people to each other in the solar world. At the very least I sort of, kinda, hoped that somebody would remember my part in that dance, but no. Three contracts and two job offers later everybody is doing fine and it is absolutely my fault that I am still on the outside looking in. I worked diligently with a group up North on some major contracts and just when I thought I had it all nailed down, there has appeared a large black hole into which went every scrap of work.
The cat explains that the reason they toy with their mice before either letting them go or eating them up is simply a reflection on the worldwide philosophy that only the eaten prey counts, everything else is just foreplay.
