mominlaw was here this weekend. so she bougt kiir maternity clothes. she bought blob a buttload of clothes. we shopped at cribs and gliders an’ schtuff. but we stopped at haggar’s at the outlet mall. and we bought me slacks. polos. button-downs. belts. and today kiir and i finally found a good trenchcoat. bought a [...]
today i was requested to re-present my “site profiling” presentation (from the webmasters group two weeks ago) to the company’s senior staff. i think i’d scared someone :o i know that by the time i finished i had scared a few people :) i think they’ve started to note the knowledge of security i bring [...]
so, ~20 hours after i left his office … i got a call from the contracting/staffing company. i’m the first choice. :o they wanted me to commit immediately, so i talked to kiir. thought about it a bit. she hit up her mom for some feedback. we looked up what we could find on medical/etc [...]
had the interview yesterday with lockheed (the dba position through the recruiter. that contacted me in the beginning of august :o) didn’t really ask me all that many questions. liked my resume, asked (somewhat perfunctorily i think) about what i was doing now, looked suitably interested/impressed when i told him. told me how the team [...]
Jesus. applied for a home equity loan near the end of july, b/c we decided we needed to clean up our finances, lower monthly bills, etc. basically every freakin’ step has involved me callin a bunch :/ just before vacation i got them to say that we were preliminarily approved, pending a evaluation of the [...]
got an interview for tuesday, for a dba position. this is through a recruiter. who contacted me initially at the end of july or something. month and a half to get an interview, and i’ve come to think that i really don’t have much interest in doing dba but its like a 10% overall increase [...]
CNN Pipeline offers real-time stream of 9/11/01 OK, first off, let me say: i have no problem with people remembering 9/11. the movies are a bit meh of an idea in my opinion, but whatever. and the video from that day helps remember. helps us keep up our fighting spirit. helps us support the war [...]
so, it rained heavily on thursday evening and friday (ernesto) rained a bunch on saturday, so we skipped going to renfest with some friends. i don’t much like trudging around in the mud. apparently the faire didn’t get that much rain, so the straw and mulch chips everywhere was enough to keep feet dry and [...]
so i’ve spent the last month or so trolling baltimore-craigslist, washington post, and monster. finding jack all in computer security. mostly finding entry level monkey positions or management. i’m waaay past the entry level (where were these when i needed an entry level job???) and monkey bit. not raelly interested in management, and no experience [...]