because not enough websites start with the letter “Z”
Posted in life on Aug 31st, 2004
My wife is older than I. This is not something that has ever disturbed me or mattered in my love for her or my appreciation of our live together. However, it is likely, probably even, that she will die before I do, leaving me alone for the final portion of this lifetime. I am not [...]
Posted in life on Aug 30th, 2004
It has been almost four years since I was last an employee. In that previous iteration I was working for a company as an actual employee, consulting was not a part of the mix. There was a small, dedicated staff in the “front office” who dealt with our benefits; you could walk down the hall [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Aug 29th, 2004
In the past few days I have been setting up and configuring a new statistics page for zanshin.net from Shaun Inman. In the course of testing the page I had occasion to visit several of the larger search engines to search for myself. On a9.com, altavista.com, lycos.com, alltheweb.com, and of course google.com, putting in “mark [...]
Remember the posters that show some cute animal, usually a polar bear with a paw over its eyes, that have a caption that reads, “Just when I figured out the answers, someone changes the questions.”? That poster pretty much sums up my life this weekend.
A Brief History
In April 1998, Michele and I moved from Springfield [...]
This afternoon as I was leaving work, I met two of my new coworkers headed back into the building. We stopped and visited for a moment. They had just gotten a call from the president of the company we all work for on this engagement. Their contracts are being ended in two weeks.
My stomach sank.
We [...]
Posted in life on Aug 20th, 2004
Posted in life on Aug 16th, 2004
Michele and I had a wonderful discussion yesterday morning as we lazily stayed in bed for an hour or so after waking up. For some time now we both have been struggling with feelings of depression and we both have expressed an occasionally desire to “go get in the car,” our euphuism for committing suicide.
The [...]
Posted in random on Aug 16th, 2004
I have discovered one place where Springfield has Kansas City beat. Video rental pricing.
In Springfield you could rent, for five days, any movie you wanted for just $1.00. New release, old classic, or anything in between. DVD or VHS all movies were a dollar. Here in KC the going rate is more like $4.00 plus [...]
Posted in life on Aug 10th, 2004
