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Every organism has parasites. Institutionally, organizations have them as well. You've probably seen them at companies that you work for or at churches where you worship. Maybe we need a different word for them, but their function is simple enough—like any parasite, they sap the strength of their host to fulfill their own selfish needs. And before the contrarians speak up, I'm not talking about symbiosis here, either. You get that, too, but at least with the symbiots, you get some value in return. The distinguishing feature of the parasites are that they take without giving anything of value...
I think I'm the last blogger on the planet who hasn't yet done the whole "5 things you might not know about me" thing. I was tagged by my brother a couple months ago and by Jay a couple weeks ago. Anyway, in case the fad hasn't entirely faded (fadded?), here goes.
I'm the oldest of 11 children and Melissa (my wife) is the oldest of 9. This means that our kids have 18 aunts and uncles before counting marriages. Counting marriages, it now comes to 29. 30 if you count committed gay partnerships. Another of my sisters is getting married...