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Posted in life on May 31st, 2004
On Wednesday last week, May 26th, I got a call from a company that wanted to bid me on a multi-year contract with the state. At first I was hesitant about pursuing this option, as I had just received a verbal offer the day before in Kansas City. After thinking it over for a few [...]
Posted in life on May 29th, 2004
An argument could be made that my Powerbook contributed to my, ah, abrupt departure from my last engagement. It was after all the base of my explorations in to TCP/IP networking, ssh, proxies, and NMap.
Curbing my enthusiasm and curiosity will be key in not running afoul of network access restrictions in the future. That, or [...]
Posted in life on May 28th, 2004
I find myself at a crossroads today. One stage of my growth is completing and opportunities for the next stage are making themselves known. Where to go from here is now the most important though that fills my days.
Four years ago I made the choice to return to Illinois, the place of my childhood and [...]
Posted in life on May 26th, 2004
Yesterday, the 25th, about this time I got the call I’ve been waiting to get for ten weeks. An offer. The written offer is in an overnight pouch scheduled to be here tomorrow.
All through the evening and through most of the night I was a little unhinged by the culmination of physical exhaustion, mental weariness, [...]
You’d think that getting a great job offer after ten weeks of unemployment would be great. You would think that. Turns out you’d be wrong.
The past ten weeks have stripped me of my confidence, stripped me of my trust in my inner voice. It is so hard not to think that the only common factor [...]
Posted in life on May 25th, 2004
This morning I had the most intense and rigorous interview of my twenty year career. The gentleman on the other end of the phone was very up front about needing to vet me, and how he was going to achieve that. The thirty minutes left me excited and drained at the same time.
This afternoon I [...]
Posted in life on May 23rd, 2004
Posted in life on May 21st, 2004
There has been some activity lately concerning my employment. Not wanting to jinx anything I haven’t written about it here, however, the lack of release from not writing is getting to me.
After nine weeks of unemployment I am definitely ready to return to work. Just about any work will do, thank you. I have prospects [...]
Posted in life on May 8th, 2004
Posted in social issues on May 7th, 2004
This week’s coverage of the torture and abuse of prisoners in Iraq sickens me. That the ordinary citizens of Iraq are likening the occupying United States force to Saddam Hussien is a damning indictment.
President Bush’s weak apology to the families of the tortured was embarrassing for me as a citizen of the United States. Secretary [...]
