Welcome rosc1103 to livejournal. We've known each other since kindergarten and yet he doesn't hold it against me.

Severe thunderstorms, strong winds, hail, and a tornado watch. In effect until the time we are supposed to take off for Brazil.

And I was just feeling smug about not being nervous to fly!

BYE FRIENDS. SEE YOU IN TWO WEEKS!

OK, so, I am leaving tomorrow - I am jetting off to Brazil, and to Chile, with my classmates for our international business seminar. This is the "global" part of "global management". So you will not hear from me - not like I've been a mad crazy poster lately, but still! I'll be in another hemisphere for TWO WEEKS ( Read more... )

OMG I AM LEAVING FOR SOUTH AMERICA IN 20 DAYS.

In light of a class discussion from Saturday, about "incentives" vs. "bribes" :

The Price of Bananas (CBS News)Quotes ( Read more... )

( Here, have a picture from last week which proves I am not dead. )

SRSLY NOT DEAD OK ( Read more... )

So - that didn't take long; my soon to be ex boss, offered for me to come with him and have him be my new boss in the new organization in a new position, and so, I said yes, and off I go. Probably March 1st, if he gets his way, although I can see the HR department dragging out the paperwork interminably ( Read more... )

So, I kind of left things hanging there with that last post. I still have a job! So, no worries at the moment about being in the poorhouse. However ... the scope of my job has changed, pretty significantly, to the point where I am actively looking at other options ( Read more... )

So, we're reorganizing. Restructuring. There's a big meeting on Thursday morning to announce the new structure. Looking at the players involved in this game, and knowing how certain of them feel about certain processes and line functions, I have a sneaking suspicion that come Thursday, I may not have a job any more ( Read more... )

A great talk, from TEDTalks, by Bill Strickland.