I have said before: I am a technology professional who hates technology. The truth is, I hate the state of our technology and the directions in which it is heading. We're balanced on the point of the pyramid. The structure is shaky. Too many new things without a stable base. Corporations are looking to make a buck, and they're in a race to ( Read more... )

I should stop eating an hour before bed time. Stanley Kubrick dreams. The stuff of legend.

Holidays on a ranch (The MNO Ranch, spelled Imminno) with StaciesWindow's family...trying to buy said ranch...going to the alcoholic church next to Applebee's with a similar logo...shopping at a three-story Wal-Mart with my ex-wife, my family, and all three cats (the ( Read more... )

...it must be the movie, TransformersI can't say enough bad things about this movie. I can't stay quiet. It was like a really long and intentionally painful root canal ( Read more... )

I plan to quit my job tomorrow.

No, I don't have another one lined up.  Yes, I will give them two weeks' notice.  No, this is not the best choice.  It is the choice I feel is available.

I mentioned that I was considering finding some time between deployments to take a week off.  My supervisor said, "No."  He did not deny me a specific date range.  He ( Read more... )

So...my maternal grandmother (Oma) has Alzheimer's.  I went to visit her a few hours ago.  It was a good time, actually.  I happened by while she was coherent and happy.  She's been irritable and quite out of it since she went into the hospital on Saturday.  She was in ICU until today.

She went into the hospital because she passed out and fell.   ( Read more... )

"Increasingly, human beings, male and female alike, are not waiting until middle age for this kind of painful life assessment. I have personally met many people in their 20's and 30's who believe it is 'too late' for them, and their lives have already been wasted. I believe this is because they have been trained by the popular culture to base their ( Read more... )

Today is weird.

Before I went to bed last night, I realized my baby girl ( Azure, so named for her eyes) isn't eating at all any more.  She's sensitive around her haunches, and I've seen her at the litter boxes but not using them.  She's prone to bowel problems, and I think she's got an obstruction or serious problem.

I got up at 5:00, after only four ( Read more... )

I screwed up my deployments last night.  I was out beyond sane hours at work and screwed it up so that I had to be out beyond sane hours again tonight.  If I had known last night, I would have fixed it.

I awoke late.  I dreamt my alarm clock was a Facebook app., and hitting the snooze button awarded me more points.  At one point my subconscious ( Read more... )

( How does WinAmp know the weather?! )

I found this link to a YouTube video from CBS.  It describes my boss and my situation well.

Maggie Rodriguez interviews Dr. Travis Stork.

MR: "So what type of boss is bad for your heart?"
TS: "Y'know [the] study's not surprising at all.  These are bosses who are bad communicators.  They don't give enough control to their employees.  They don't set ( Read more... )