Apathy

As I sit checking my email and reading a handful of RSS feeds before facing my commute around the beltway, something occurs to me. I haven’t looked at my blog in quite some time. Over 6 months, according to the last post. So… I must have been busy! Yeah! Like in my last post, I talked about finding a new job.

Nope, same place. What can I say?, my boss is good at encouraging loyalty. On a higher note, there is some update. I’m in the process of applying for the “Future Technical Leaders” program through my company – a 3-year 3-rotation program intended to give those lucky few a broader scope of what we do. And, for the first time ever, the government has opened a req. for a new position. If all goes really well, then maybe I’ll be floating around the planet come 2012 or so.

I have dome some work on the house, although I haven’t taken any pictures of it, which I probably should since everyone around the office keeps asking. We recently put in a utility sink in the laundry room. Most will go “swell”, but when water would previously empty from the washing machine and suddenly bubble up into the kitchen sink, then installing this sink is an incredible boon.

The BMW, 9 months later, is still a dream to drive. It suffered a black eye over Thanksgiving break – a stray road cone was drifting back and forth across the highway (very windy) and zigged when I thought was zagging. As a result, it blew out the fog light on the driver side. Haven’t gotten it fixed ($$$), but not really a big deal. I am no longer an enthusiast,
but a complete believer.

Until next time…

Evolution

So, as time goes by, and especially recently, my job is becoming increasingly unfocused.  No one seems to know what they’re supposed to be doing, including the customer.  As a result, I’ve had few tasks to handle and lots of time to spend surfing the internet (oddly enough, very little of this time has been spent here).  As I’ve surfed, I keep finding myself back to the same sites all the time.  Solar power.  Wind power.  Recycling technology.  Human-powered and other alternative transportation.

Maybe it’s time I look into a new line of work.  Or maybe the hour+ commute is finally getting to me.

we will prevail

We are Virginia Tech.

Ut Prosim.

For the lack of something better…

Well, I appear to be doing a great job keeping this thing up to date. Apparently I didn’t quite live up to my intentions of writing things on the web. What should one write about that would really interest others anyway? If friends knew this site was here, it might make them ask me about whatever I post, but I’ll probably tell them before it makes it to electrons anyway.

On a lighter note, I got a new car! The 15 year old Ford Explorer finally decided to limit it’s working hours to those of the night. Now, if I drive it during the day, it overheats (water pump is blown). Instead of fixing it, we just decided to get a new car. And since I’ll have this car for another 15 years, I decided to get something I would enjoy walking out to every morning. Little did I know just how calming driving my 2003 BMW 325xi would be! My biggest tiff about the car is that fact that the trunk just barely fits my fencing bag. But, it does fit ever so slightly, so it’s all good.

If you’ve come across this post, thanks for reading. I’ll try to do better in the future, but based on past experience don’t hold your breath.

NYC Bans the N-word!

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In a unanimous vote, New York has decreed the centuries-old derogatory term as off-limits. Apparently they just came to the conclusion that it may offend some people… The punishment? Nothing! How is that for meaningful legislation. On the other hand, it ranks right up there with the Congressional “we don’t like your plan” resolution that strictly wags their finger at Mr. Bush in a toothless waste of tax-payer money. Or for that matter, the recent VA law passed that makes it a crime for teenagers to talk on their cell phone while driving, but only if they’re pulled over for something else. Of course while they’re on the shoulder, they can get a third ticket for not wearing their seatbelt.

It’s amazing how quickly inane legislation makes it through government institutions. Try and balance the budget, or improve other government programs, you’ll have a fight on your hands that leads to stop-gap funding for things like everything. I guess I should at least be happy that we can come to the conclusion that being mean to others is wrong… not that we’ll punishment, but you should at least know it’s not nice.

new look

themes… side bars… widgets…

All these things I can do, all these things I can add and remove, all those things I don’t have control over!!!

Don’t be surprised if the page continues to change for the next few days, as I bounce through different look.

Hello world!

One more blog, one more way to waste a couple minutes at work. The main content of my yammerings will probably be centered around my house and fencing. Feel free to post comments, say hi, and such… but please, don’t comment just to solicit visits for ad revenue.

I’m relatively (almost completely) new to the whole blog thing, but hopefully I’ll remember to say something every once in a while.