I'm just pretending to be here for 10 minutes before I go to bed ( Read more... )

So I'm on this project and it isn't the Whee,Zoom project, it's another project and it's behind schedule ( Read more... )

I've just been given THE Software System Safety Handbook for this type of program. We're talking hundreds of pages of "thou shalt" goodness ( Read more... )

Spent the day down in absolutely GORGEOUS Newport, RI visiting NUWC and getting to meet my new toys. I'm sure I won't find it so wonderful come mid-February when it's 10 degrees and the wind&waves are throwing spray up on us but right now? Sunny, warm and OCEAN ( Read more... )

Family has returned to points south and everyone survived. I think three days of entertaining that particular set of family members is just about the right amount. We did the Duck Tour and wandered around the various battle fields in Concord and finished the visit by making lobsters for everyone who'd eat one. (Gram Does Not Do Seafood!) So, ( Read more... )

So work is finally settling out after months of complete insanity. The What Were We Thinking Project is in a customer enforced code freeze and all that is left is documentation. The WSF Project is completely done except for setting up one of the labs at the customer's location and documentation. Next week, I'm taking a road trip to wire ( Read more... )

Work decided to thwart my grand schemes of rebellion by giving me a promotion and raise this year ( Read more... )

Work ( Read more... )

65 hours this week. That's what my time card said. That was BEFORE I knew I couldn't leave work at noon today like I had planned. So an actual 68 hours at work ( Read more... )

I'm in Albuquerque.

There's a couple inches of snow on the ground and more falling.

The airforce base is closed.

Coincidence? I think not!

I should just put a moritorium on travel to this area of the country until, oh, say, June...