Yesterday I received the worst news of my life. My mother had passed away, suddenly, after seeming to be getting better after surgery. To make matters worse, my youngest daughter was there when it happened.

Some of you knew her. All of you knew her legacy. She gave me my sense of humor and concern for other people. I'm gonna miss her. A lot.

As of Monday, I will no longer be amongst the ranks of the unemployed! However, as part of this life-restructuring, I am leaving the DC area, probably for good. The economic reality is that my paycheck wasn't going as far as it used to, and companies use hard times as an excuse to lower salaries, so all I can look forward to here is making less ( Read more... )

Well, I got laid off today. Again. Once again I got assigned the project that crashes and burns. I gotta get out of the software business.

I kid you not, the song I was listening to when I got called in for "the talk" was "Unemployed Boyfriend" by Everclear.

Remember, folks, the last laugh is on you.

You Are An INTP
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...now it's your turn.

I have become addicted to Audiosurf, which is Tetris meets Guitar Hero using your MP3s. It's currently on sale for $4.99 until tomorrow. Techno is really good with this.

Download at your own risk. Muhahahaha.

(Favorite song so far: Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers)

Employment is mine again! I start tomorrow for a DoD project. No clearance yet, but they might get me one in the future.

Oh, and I'm a team lead! More responsibility for less pay! Woot!

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Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright died of cancer today. Time to pull out the black hammer armbands, folks.

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Well, it's time to celebrate your birthday, it happens every year ( Read more... )