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Posted in life on Jan 29th, 2003
Once again my job is in jeopardy. My client, the State of Illinois, is having their annual budget crisis. Even though this occurs every spring it is impossible to be emotionally prepared for its arrival. This year Illinois? first democratic governor in 30 years enhances the festivities. Although the press releases insist that a [...]
Posted in life on Jan 28th, 2003
Posted in nerdliness on Jan 27th, 2003
Posted in nerdliness on Jan 19th, 2003
I have to say that I am very impressed. At home I have my Powerbook plugged into a KDS Visual Sensations 19″ monitor. The OS immediately recognized the monitor and the settings it was capable of supporting. The OS also immediately setup a multiple monitor desktop. Just like that. How very cool.
As I write this [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Jan 19th, 2003
Okay, it has been just over a week since Michele and I took the Apple plunge by purchasing a Powerbook G4 and 17 inch wide screen iMac. Michele was able to transfer all her files and leave her Windows ME machine behind in just a couple of days. I managed to convert and transfer my [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Jan 19th, 2003
Posted in nerdliness on Jan 16th, 2003
Michele and I took the Apple plunge this past weekend. On Saturday, pretty much on the spur of the moment, we headed south for St. Louis and the Apple store there. Initially we were just going to look and play, as the salesman in the Springfield store wasn’t helpful. Once in St. Louis however, things [...]
Conversation at the cafeteria check out this morning:
Me: Two sausage and three bacon
Cashier: $5.20
Me: Say what?!
Cashier: The prices went up, bacon and sausage is now $0.50 each.
Me: So….
Cashier: So it’s $5.20
Me: I don’t think so. 5 times $0.50 equals $2.50.
Cashier: But the machines says $5.20
Me: Then the machine is wrong.
Cashier: 2 sasuage…
Me: …is a dollar
Cashier: [...]
Posted in life on Jan 8th, 2003
I think the biggest issue I have going right now is battling to overcome the false-personality stuff that I got from my childhood, especially from my father. There is a part of me that shrieks at the idea of doing what I want to do rather than having a traditional job.
Even as I try to [...]
For 8 years in my thirties I studied karate. In that time I grew emotionally, spiritually, and physically. I need structure, and an outlet for my growth then, and karate was the perfect answer. I was able to achieve some small measure of outward success and a much larger degree of inward success.
A change in [...]
