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Posted in life, nerdliness on Apr 15th, 2008
For the first time in several years, I am free of my cell phone contract. When I moved to Kansas in 2004, my cell phone was nearing the end of its two-year obligation. Without realizing the consequences (and without being told about them) I called Cingular and changed my phone number to the new area [...]
Posted in life on Jan 4th, 2006
Four weeks ago when I was informed that my contract wasn’t funded for the next contract year it was a bitter pill to swallow. Coming close on the heels of Michele’s death I found myself reeling; uncertain of the future. At the time I had very bittersweet thoughts about Michele: I was pleased that she [...]
Posted in life, social issues on Nov 20th, 2004
You never fully appreciate just how interconnected we all are until some event on the world stage impacts your life. Take the Abu Ghraib prison scandal for example. As a program manager in the information technology field, working in Kansas, you wouldn’t expect my life to be directly impacted by heinous human rights violations [...]
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 May 28th, 2003
I have been focused on my job situation for the past few weeks. My current contract ends on June 30th and there is some question as to whether I’ll get another contract here or not.
In the past when I’ve been faced with this kind of situation I’ve gone off my tracks a bit and reacted [...]
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 Jul 18th, 2002
I work as an independent software consultant. Currently I am sub-contracting through another company to the local state government. As consulting gigs go this is pretty cushy. The contracts are one year in length, with the cost of the two one-year extensions built in from the start. Basically if you can do the work and [...]
Posted in life on Mar 27th, 2001
Ten days ago I treated myself to a new car. My wife and I have been sharing one car for over a year. We were reducing our debt load and having just one-car payment made sense. Our financial status is better now and [...]
