ok, so tonight I was in a bar in Goldsboro, NC. Tonight I was, more or less, bored. So I went out to eat at the Ruby Tuesday, which is about 50 ft from my hotel room ( Read more... )

I am not dead.

I am not whole.

It is long past time, I thought.

But my soul clings to this life,

a world I dreamt would be.

Only for the cause that; there is more.

There IS more.

This is not the place for me.

It is good, but it cannot be what I want it to be.

My fate lies elsewhere.

East or west?

I cannot say. I am ready to drift on the wind.

I.

I.

Not ellipsis.

Period.

There is a place for me. The love. The truth. These are the things I seek.

Finally, I will be home.

I have until 2011 to be flying. I have until the beginning of 2013 to be where I need to be ( Read more... )

Of course, the one guy who hadn't said much about my performance in the past, here at Jamestown said today, "...Well, if all the contractors we hired were like Tom..." indicating that if they were like me, then the program could benefit from more contractors. And, at the same time, that most contractors were unlikely to be so beneficial ( Read more... )

In the midst of a conversation today, the rhetorical question, "What would you even do with $70+ an hour?" was asked.  It was a question to which I had to remain silent ( Read more... )

(Or Jamestown as the case might be ( Read more... )

I got an email today that was directed at my boss. I wasn't on the initial distribution list, but one of the recipients forwarded it to me. I'm sure the intent was to simply make me aware of what Jamestown thinks the time table should be, but it's was more note-worthy to me to have it in an email that I am "the key" to getting things done there ( Read more... )

Yes, Jamestown has made their case to Oldsmar. And now, it is official that I am supposed to be going back to Jamestown...with almost all of the work that is left to do on the project. And from what I was able to discern, none of the management types from Oldsmar that are actually here know anything about it. There's one guy that might, but the ( Read more... )

I think I may have accidentally dumped F ( Read more... )