When one makes the decision to conduct themselves in a professional manner at their place of work, one should be aware that there might be others that have no desire to do so themselves. As such, the person that conducts themselves professionally might have to work or document instances where others would compromise one's professional standing. One ( Read more... )

As one who has watched Smallville on and off in its broadcast history, I have to say that this current season in my favorite so far. While most people would consider the appearance of numerous heroes and such "jumping the shark", I believe it is a natural progression of the series. Early on, Clark was mostly confined to Smallville and had few run- ( Read more... )

Now that the Doctor Who special "The Waters of Mars" has aired, we head towards the annual Christmas special and the regeneration. While The Doctor regenerating is part of the lore of Doctor Who, before it was done with little notice. We found out earlier this year about Tennant leaving the series after a few specials, so this time around the ( Read more... )

Earlier this week marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.  For someone who was born and spent the first 18 years of their life experiencing the Cold War, this was a significant moment in history.  Having to change my outlook from a us versus them mentality to a more expansive and rational world view. Back then things were so ( Read more... )

Remember the post I had made about posting more often? Yeah, been sticking to that one. Just have to try harder.
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   With the optical drive in one of my computers failing horribly, I have decided that once I get some spare parts from a friend, look into building a new computer. Whatever shape this new computer takes, it is going to be running some form of Linux exclusively. Since I am not much of a gamer, and don't do any serious audio/video editing, Linux is ( Read more... )

This past Friday brought a new episode of the fun and interesting Batman: The Brave and the Bold. While there was a gimmicky feel to having an episode composed almost entirely of musical numbers, more importantly, I found myself saying that this would have been a story found in any Silver Age Comic. While part of me still misses the Animated DC ( Read more... )

   Recently, one of my co-workers got the opportunity to be relief supervisor for the first time. While nothing major happened, I had wondered if he took the same attitude towards being in charge that I do. For me, when I am in charge, I hate it. By having that kind of attitude, not desiring the authority I have it gives me a better understanding ( Read more... )

   For some time now as the staffing in my department has settled, I have been making plans to get a degree in computer science. Recently though I have been giving thought to this and realized that at my age (38), going for a four year degree might not be the best course of action. I look at the fact that for the past five years I have been working ( Read more... )

   Earlier this week, I made plans earlier today to meet someone. I made two mistakes in doing this. The first was not taking into account the traffic that would delay me to my destination. The second was not providing a phone number for the person to contact me when I did not make the time of the meeting. They waited there for twenty minutes ( Read more... )