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My Job Has Been Offshored
My boss called a 9:30 meeting this morning (on his day off!) to tell me that due to cost-cutting, my job is being moved to Romania ( Read more... ) -
Friday Silliness
We're having a "2018 Lenovo Idol" contest at work. The winners get flown to China to participate in their 2018 Spring Festival.
This is my entry. -
RIP Jordin Kare
Jordin coded yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon. From what I can gather, he'd had heart valve replacement surgery and never woke up from it ( Read more... ) -
Adventures in Plumbing
Last Wednesday I was at the house, supervising the cleanup crew. Somehow they actually finished that day but didn't bother to tell Warren or me until Thursday morning ( Read more... ) -
Greetings from the Upper Berth
I am situated in my pull-down upper berth in our sleeper car. It is really tiny and downright cramped in here, but Amtrak has ways of dealing with that kind of thing.
The train is currently in the Emeryville station. dimakoi says it's supposed to have arrived in Emeryville around two hours ago, which means we're two hours behind. I guess that's par for ( Read more... ) -
Pre-travel jitters
Later today I am going on my first-ever overnight train trip.
dimakoi and I are taking a sleeper car from San Jose to Albany, OR. We'll be spending Thanksgiving weekend with her mother and sister.
As I prepare for this trip, I have started realizing how ill-equipped California living has made me for spending time in colder climates (ones that have real ( Read more... ) -
L'Shanah Toe-Vah!
Last night I went to services. I was looking forward to going this morning, but I had too much paperwork to fill out for my podiatrist appointment this afternoon ( Read more... ) -
Mattress shopping
I've been doing research on mattresses. Whenever I'm buying something major (and even when buying something minor), I do research. Lots of research. Here's what I've learned:( More than you've ever wanted to know about mattresses... ) -
Genealogy stuff
I love researching my family tree. I was very close to all four of my grandparents, so for me it's a case of looking up stuff about people I adored. Every once in a while I check Ancestry.com to see if there's anything new ( Read more... ) -
Ripped off by Bank of America
I have been a Bank of America customer since 1981. I have had an Alaska Airlines Debit Card through them for several years ( Read more... )