The TSA and You, a guide to giving up your rights ( Read more... )

I don't know why I didn't post about this earlier but I got a new day job. I work at a water quality lab called Eco Annalist. Basically we get water samples from rivers/streams/lakes/beaches and test to see if the water is ecologically health by looking at what's living, or not, living in it. I spend 8hr a day picking bugs out of petri-dishes. ( Read more... )

Sorry for the wall of text, I don't know how to put things behind a cut yet ( Read more... )

Considering going back to school to get a psych degree and then a masters in Counseling services. It would only take a year to complete the psych degree and then another 2-3years to complete the masters. Wondering what you all think. Should i go for it?

I snagged this from ( Read more... )

Just got back for the test.  Passed all their assembly tests and basics skills test with a whopping 99.5%  YAY!  Afterwords they had me go into an interview with 3 interviewrs.  I hate these.  they asked me questions like "What do others think about you?" and " What do you think you need work on personally or preffesionally?"  I hate stuff like ( Read more... )

I have a skills assessment test with Schweitzer Engineering this morning.  I already had a phone interview with them and they called me in for the next phase, including a background check (clean as a whistle).  Wish me luck!

I just read this on Wired news and I couldn't believe what I was reading.

Wired News
By Charlie Sorrel

As an ex-Brit, I’m well aware of the authorities’ love of surveillance and snooping, but even I, a pessimistic cynic, am amazed by the governments latest plan: to install Orwell’s telescreens in 20,000 homes.
£400 million ($668 million) will be spend ( Read more... )

" As I gaze up in the night to the cosmos filled with mysteries, I know that past the farthest reaches, beyond blue suns o'er alien beaches float distant worlds with gossamer beings among purple clouds and much stranger things!  Yes, all these might be, but still I suppose might there be wonders more wondrous than these?"

-Berke Breathed

"You know, sometimes it seems things go by so quickly.  We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take the time to enjoy where we are ( Read more... )