Even the roadway engineers are having their hours reduced... Cripes, it keeps getting closer. The bridge group remains unaffected, but competition for new projects is fierce with the economy in such bad shape.

Again, gives me honest pause for thought about quitting come May. Might it be a while before I'd even be able to find another job?

Had an excellent private lesson with Lucky Skillen. Talked about Fox Blues, which is his own unique blues styling inspired by Foxtrot and other ballroom movements. I took the lesson with Lauren, we both learned a lot and I think really improve our connectivity. Even when Lucky was specifically addressing issues with Lauren's dance, I was taking ( Read more... )

My computer has a trojan horse. I wasn't even downloading anything... just letting my browser idle while I was doing something on my laptop, when I look up and BAM windows start popping up and crap. I think it came from failblog.com, which is weird because many people view that website and have no problems ( Read more... )

Two people were laid off from work today.

One of them was a classmate and good friend.

It gives me pause for thought about giving up this job. It can be hard to push through the fear of unemployment, especially when the economy is so bad.

The prospect of taking a year off from full-time work is fucking scary. Or any extended period of time, for that matter - be it six months or more ( Read more... )

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1263

Unbelievable. Shocking. Terrifying. Edifying.

Damn, I love This American Life.

And the ... imaginary nature of the economy can leave me flabbergasted.

Iceland is bankrupt.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/09/business/icebank.php

Since when are countries allowed to go bankrupt?! Oye! The current state of the world is quite terrifying, really.

My manager informally offered me a permanent position as a bridge engineer at Otak.

It was... oddly frightening.

I am a bicycling GOD! Tremble before my awesomeness. MAN! I rode like a demon this week... There were a couple rides where I was averaging 17-18mph. On Wednesday I did 50 miles, split up in 20mi & 30mi segments ( Read more... )

Congressional Performance

Simply dumbfounding. A 9% approval rating of Congress. I think it's time for a change.

Makes me more than a little scared of our government.