a) submit resumes to ads from paper
b) call headhunter re: sales job DONE
c) followup with barter client 1
d) followup with pay comes later client 2
e) give sister some hosting options
f) call techical staffer in NC DONE
Month: June 2004
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Goals
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A New Day! Let’s start the day off with a PayPa…
A New Day!
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This Morning
Odd sleep last night. Woke at 4am but could not inspire myself out of bed. One day it will come! At 7am I was wishing Tommy didn’t have summer school. -
Taffy
The left half this way
The right half that way
Me up
I down
Myself twisted aroundThe left hand types
The right hand writes
You yes
She no
Everyone else go go goOne must create
Two must destroy
Hers for fun
His to annoy
Ours to live on in joyYes
No
Maybe
Don’t decide
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Stormin
Thunder! Storm cometh. Dog cowers. Boys play. Jeep gets wet.
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Eek! Procrastination and powerfailures
Hmm. The figures for the quote I’m trying to prepare were unsaved on a document that was lost when the power flicker last night shutdown my laptop. Oh well.
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Focus Time
Light the incense.
Don the headphones.
Turn up the music.
And get the groove on.
Do the dumb things
You gotta do.
Touch the puppet head! -
Another industry goes to India
Report finds outsourcing of religious services in US
Facing shortage of priests, Roman Catholic Churches in the United States, Canada and Europe have for years been “outsourcing” religious services to India and other developing countries, says a newspaper report.Thanks to South Knox Bubba for the link. -
When in VA keep your kids close
Va. Tells Men: No Sex With Young Girls
The state is posting billboards with messages such as “Isn’t she a little young?” as part of a campaign to dissuade men from having sex with underage girls.In 1999 and 2000 in Virginia, men over 18 were responsible for 219 births involving girls who were 13 and 14…The Washington Post requires registeration to view their articles. If this bothers you, http://www.bugmenot.com/ has a login and password already made for you to use. -
Jane Public
If you could combine all Americans into one person and hold a conversation with that person, what would they say? Survey results in the form of Q&A.
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Stats?
What stats program do you use for blogging and what do you like about it? What do you dislike about it?
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Today’s Goals
a) replace that horrific profile picture (made with cell phone) with something that doesn’t look quite so psychotic
b) submit resume to jobs in Sunday’s paper
c) apply to Home Depot
d) look at contract opportunities in Raleigh, Nashville, Asheville, Chattanooga, Altanta, Denver and Boulder
e) evaluation/bid of web application project
f) cook breakfast for boysDONE
g) followup email to clientDONE
i) read a chapter in a bookDONE
j) short game of D and D with the boysDONE
k) return phone call and email to recruiter regarding Raleigh NC jobDONE
l) clear memory of phone and see if its performance changesDONE still bites
m) email resume to recruiterDONE
n) get ad in papers announcing Monday’s Asperger Support Group
o) cook lunch for the kidsDONE
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This Morning
I woke at 3:30 and should have pulled myself out of bed. Regretfully I slept until 7am. Fortunately I woke then because I had to get Tommy out of bed.So once again I find myself questioning, “Why do I blog?” I began it as an anonymous outlet to vent; something cheaper than a shrink. But I found it had a life and refused to stay anonymous. Blogging is also fun and addictive! Do I use it to release too much emotional baggage? Should it be a technology report instead? In an irrational fit of anger or stress do I blurt out unreal hurtful feelings? My journals have always been magnets of negative feelings; best to get those out and keep the good feelings in! These questions arise because Tommy’s teacher has become a reader of Tommy’s blog (or a one time reader) and she is a nice person that tries hard with Tommy but I wonder (and will have to put aside some time to review the archives) if anything harsh was written. Our only frustrations with her have been in what appears a lack of communication. “How was Tommy’s day?” “We had a great day!” Meanwhile I’m hearing about Tommy swinging baseball bats at kids or setting off panic alarms in the main office. Now, that could be her style and in the big picture those incidents may not have been significant. We could also be spoiled by having such astounding communication from his 7th grade teacher that openly reported what was going on good or bad and frequently (almost daily) did it over the phone. She solicited our input and we accepted her suggestions. It could also be dictated by the administration that she minimize communication with the parents and our real beef is with the administration, not the teachers. The administration consistently fills our IEPs with what seems to be false promises or fails to provide for us some of the same accommodations that other more functional students than Tommy receive.
“Does blogging hurt?” So has this blog interfered with my finding a job? I think not. I think my efforts have not been strong enough. I have considered taking the blog down while I search for a job but really once on the Internet, always on the Internet. Thanks to The Wayback Machine and regular backups once you publish, it’s alway there! Have I offended anyone? Probably. My views are not always mainstream and I’m certain someone has become irrationally offended. If so, my apologises. I am sure it will happen again.
“Who reads this?” I originally was writing to myself. Then to my wife. Now I mostly write to my wife but I am happy that I have a somewhat regular readership and I am pondering ways to better write for them. Some of the readership I know and some I am surprised when I learn about their interest. I think having readers is exciting!
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Today’s end
Overall a good day. My cell phone even turned cooperative for a bit. I promised myself some reading. I’m going to do that now.
A thunderstorm has rolled in. I should have had the top back on the Jeep. I’d kill for some materials to build a carport or garage. The sound of the rain is pleasant. Let it wash away the pains of the day.
Roll in rain,
to clear my brain
Dust be gone,
let me see again
Mists rise,
invigorate my soul
Fog of the morn,
run from my mind
With a glimpse,
of tomorrow’s bright sunshine -
Dinner
I love cooking dinner for my family! Particularly when dinner is breakfast. We cook 17 eggs to feed our family! I don’t think most families would comprehend buying that many much less preparing that many in one sitting. How about 2 gallons (7.5 liters) of milk every 1-2 days?
I feel like we are in a movie!