I've been in stealth mode the whole of this week because it's been nightmarishly hectic and busy. I've been inundated with projects left, right, and center ( Read more... )

sunfell has some very eloquent and lovely thoughts on why she blogs on as we celebrate the ten years of the term "weblog", and all that entails ( Read more... )

After a back half of 2007 where I was lean on funds and had to use my savings and work smarts to stay financially afloat, it's nice to be paid again.

I recently completed a big freelance assignment for Government Executive designing a few entries for their Wikipedia-like encyclopedia of gov't related concepts and issues (the first one of which ( Read more... )

I just came back from a training session on how to use the DC-wide Intranet e-mail system.

That's four hours of my life and roughly $4 of Metro fare I'll never have back.

( Read on if you're interested )

Three separate words that form a coherent phrase and yet are independently meaningful.

To wit:

( Work )

This is a story about learning what it is in life you really want. About having the courage to stick to your guns and not take the shortcut. About believing in the best outcome for yourself and making it happen.

It starts and ends this way: I finally got the job I've been waiting four months to get.

( Here's what happened in between )

Continue reading for a brief update on the state of the Boztopian nation.

( Dre, I see dead people... )

My numerological horoscope this week said I would achieve one dream and build the foundations of another. I assumed that meant finally nailing a job that works for me, but as is often the case with all things astrological, the prophecy fulfilled itself in unexpected ways.

Today
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I just found out that the nonprofit job I wanted--the one I turned down two solid job offers for (weird as they were)--is passing me over ( Read more... )