I've been giving some thought of late to the future. And more and more I'm thinking that I might want to travel somewhere else for an extended period of time. I'm not sure I'm quite to the point of considering peace corps, but if I could find a project that took place in another country, I might be totally down for that. Especially if that ( Read more... )

I really hope my company hasn't spent a lot of money on online training modules, because, frankly, most of them suck ass. Now, I will admit there are hundreds of these online training modules available, so there is the potential for there to be good modules. However, my sample of ten so far has yielded ten duds. Perhaps the more advanced or ( Read more... )

Oy! It seems like I'm waiting for everything today. Things I'm waiting for ( Read more... )

Wow. I love learning new things. In the past two weeks I went from knowing almost nothing about databases, to managing 3 different access databases to analyze datasets of tens of thousands of records. Woo! I found a great article on data normalization that really taught me a lot about how to work things. Here's the article: Read more... )

Why are the people who work in the Dept. of Defense so fixated on PowerPoint? Really, I don't get it ( Read more... )

As far as I'm concerned, you could be wearing a custom $2,000 Italian suit but wearing athletic shoes entirely cancels out any classiness you may have had. I am willing to give women a little leeway here because most women's dress shoes are extremely uncomfortable. But men's dress shoes are usually very practical so there is no excuse ( Read more... )

After several long months of trekking to other floors in the building, the 2nd floor bathroom is finally completed. Well, at least it is functional. There is no mirror yet, but a mirror is not required for most things.

Hurray!

It is amazing what happens when the right people get a kick in the pants. For the last two months we have been without a restroom on our floor at work. The restrooms were dilapidated and for two months they have been under renovation. During this time we have had to go to other floors to answer nature's call. Sadly, even though we are on the ( Read more... )

Food for Thought: Most days I eat lunch at my desk in front of my computer. I either continue work, read emails, or do some personal web surfing. Today for a change of pace I took my lunch outside and for a glorious 30 minutes I read a chapter of Asimov's Second Foundation, ate my lunch, and enjoyed the perfect 72 degree weather. I definitely ( Read more... )

A few topics of discussion today, so I will return to my old standard format of multiple sections headed by bold titles.

Silence is Golden (If only I had some): My coworkers talk too much. That's the short version. The slightly longer version is that at my client site I work in a cubicle in the back corner of the back room of our office (as I ( Read more... )