I find myself in a real pickle all of a sudden. Frequent readers here will know that after losing my contract in March 2004 I spent 3 months looking for employment and ended up moving at the last minute possible to Kansas City for a contract here. The work is okay, actually better than most [...]
Monthly Archive for December, 2004
Absolutely Nothing
Posted in social issues on Dec 20th, 2004
Finding Neverland
Posted in diversions on Dec 19th, 2004
Michele and I saw Finding Neverland this afternoon. It was beautiful, magical, and fantastic. At a time when we both needed an escape we found one. The voyage to Neverland was a perfect antidote to our current predicaments, real and imagined. A perfect holiday movie.
Go see it with the one you love.
Customer Service
Posted in random on Dec 18th, 2004
In a stunning, if only because it is nearly 2005, example of how not to provide customer service I give you Cingular Wireless. Today I tried twice, to upgrade my cell phone to a newer model. For those of you not familiar with how this particular shell game works, you only get a new phone [...]
Curve Ball
Posted in life on Dec 17th, 2004
Sometimes, when you aren’t careful, life throws you a curve ball. In and of itself, a curve ball isn’t a bad thing, the context of the moment and what you do with it determine its ultimate impact on your life. Take our situation for example. Michele and I have spent the past week or so [...]
Routine as a Drug
Posted in life on Dec 13th, 2004
Hanging by a Thread
Posted in life on Dec 13th, 2004
I feel as if my future and my life is hanging by a thread today. After months of waiting and hoping, it appears that I maybe given an opportunity to return to Illinois and work on a contract there. This would allow us to retain our house, and the considerable financial investment it represents. It [...]
This Just In From MarsEdit
Posted in nerdliness on Dec 12th, 2004
Living Under Fascism
Posted in elsewhere, social issues on Dec 11th, 2004
A while back I read an article that described 14 characteristics of fascism using the likes of Hitler, Mussolini, and others as examples. What was chilling about the piece were the parallels to present day America. You can read my Fascism Scorecard, and see for yourself.
Yesterday I stumbled across this sermon by Davidson Loehr, a [...]
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