Well, that was fun.

I have now come to an end of the job at Cymer.  They had me there for a full year as a temp.  My one year mark was on the 19th of April.  In the months prior, my boss at Cymer told me my position was funded through the end of the year and that he was all for getting me hired on as a regular Cymer employee.  A couple of weeks ( Read more... )

Folks,

In our vast experience with the corporate world, we've no doubt you've run across little people who have sought to puff themselves up through being a righteous pain in the ass.

It seems that the TSA has hired a bunch of such folk. They can turn up in almost any position and in any organization. It can be highly detrimental though when such ( Read more... )

I had a dream.

It was a sweet dream.  It was an enriching dream.  It was my dream.

Sadly, it remains but a dream.

I dreamt that my current contracting gig with Boeing here in Aurora would last, and last, and last.

That they'd delay in posting for a replacement until we'd gotten through the worst phases of the project.

Or, that even if they did post now ( Read more... )

Julia is due back tonight.

She's been away for some ten days now.  She went back to Oklahoma City to take in Toby's & Anna's graduations.  Anna, Jacob's partner, got her Masters in Civic Planning.  Toby got his "long coat" and thus is now officially a doctor.  He will be doing his residency off in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania for the next few years.  ( Read more... )