Update: well you don't really feel it hit you until it's gone, but the friendships you build and rely on day in day out, while working somewhere are fairly meaningful in one's life. I really do miss my firends at work. Some of them I chat to online, so it's not a total eclipse, but still, not like it used to be. Friends I will make an effort to ( Read more... )

Today is the first day of un-employment. It's kind of surreal. I already got a couple messages from people that want to talk to me offline about my thoughts on my previous employer. The thoughts are easy, I was there for 22 years, 20 of which when they really cared about their people. They don't any more, or at least not like they did. It's not the ( Read more... )

To Start...Today would have been Tyggr's birthday. A moment of silence please. Happy Birthday Tyggr ( Read more... )

I was pondering upon the holiday today. I was thinking how nice it was when my children were very young and I would dress them up in cosutmes and walk with them as they scurried from house to house trick or treating. In some cases, it carried them, yet another pulled a wagon. In any case, I looked forward to it each year. My children got older and ( Read more... )

Today I worked on my resume. Geesh, first I had to get the duster out...man was it old! Then I looked online through about 200 job postings. Funny, I don't really see anything I want to do in the line of work that I do now. So I went to lunch and talked to some folks about opening a bagel shop. Well the places around here don't franchise..damn, ( Read more... )

But today it threw me a fastball at my head ( Read more... )

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The loss of a loved one, friend or co-worker is a tough thing to be sure. Learning to move on is tough as well. It is tough to alter what was, for now what is, especially when what was had been so fulfilling and rewarding, be it a conversation, recreational time, a distraction, etc. You may not realize it, but when it's gone, you understand and ( Read more... )

I am back from Las Vegas...only to find it snowing and 35 degrees out...WTF!!?? Well I am sure it will warm back up, but nothing like the beautiful 82 degree weather ia had in Vegas ( Read more... )

My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat HaulLiderc goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as Kelvis - A Kerran Elvis (from EQ2).karimonster gives you 6 dark blue mint-flavoured gummy worms.pomr tricks you! You lose 5 pieces of candy!raze_d_original gives you 4 red-orange mint-flavoured gummy bats.Liderc ends up with 5 pieces of candy.Another fun meme brought to ( Read more... )