I would need a LOT of coaxing to live in NYC. A LOT being the understatement of the year. But here it sits, as one of our potential next ports ( Read more... )

Recent events have really shown the effects that real stars with real talent can have on the world. Not one generation, but many, around the world, are mourning the losses of David Carradine, Ed McMahon, Farrah Faucet, and Michael Jackson. As one author wrote on Time.com, "these guys were on our lunch boxes". Being a child of the 1980s, Michael ( Read more... )

So a girl I was best friends with for most of my young life got married this past Saturday. Yes, it's very weird for me to say. I met this girl on her first day of kindergarten which was my first day of first grade. It was just one of those things that just clicked. We haven't been close or really in much contact since middle school, but our ( Read more... )

So today was the first day back to the office in a week. Last week was another business trip to Ohio. The summer meetings are real downers. The best part about being home: not having to eat out every meal! I burned out on restaurants a long time ago. It's nice to go out every now and then, but I have very few places that I actually enjoy ( Read more... )

Let's start with the shorter version...
Pros#1 - I liked this version of Sabertooth. The X-men films totally screwed up this significant character. Liev Schreiber gets major kudos for working in some of the subtleties that make Creed, Sabertooth ( Read more... )

I'm pondering attempting a photographic 365 project. I ordered an external flash this past week and will need a few things to try it out. A 365 project would require me to take a different photo documenting each day for a year ( Read more... )

Promotion/Merit raise = less than expected = below minimum

I am not happy.

Instead of life getting better, it's back where it was.

The waiting continues...

Things never come solo...they always have friends ( Read more... )

So life has been interesting lately. As my last post stated - I got promoted and has a salary bump (have to wait until the week of the 20th to find out how good of a bump ( Read more... )

I had my review today at work. I got my promotion! While that's exciting and all well and good, I now have to wait until the 20th to find out exactly HOW good of a promotion it is. After talking with my boss, I really don't have much to worry about. I've been burned before, but apparently, things are indeed changing. For the first time in ( Read more... )