Well, that was fun.

I have now come to an end of the job at Cymer.  They had me there for a full year as a temp.  My one year mark was on the 19th of April.  In the months prior, my boss at Cymer told me my position was funded through the end of the year and that he was all for getting me hired on as a regular Cymer employee.  A couple of weeks ( Read more... )

No, I'm not being snarky ( Read more... )

Folks,

Damn, this has been too long in coming.

Finally, after more than six months with nothing coming in but curiousity and frustrations, I've landed new work.

I just started a job as a temporary employee at Cymer.

This time - for the first time in over a year and a half - it's a company here in California.

This time - for over three years - it's a ( Read more... )

Folks,

A bit of awesomeness and human joy here.

The folks over at Attic Room Production have created a wonder filled reproduction of Yuri Gagarin's flight.

It runs just about an hour and a half long - slightly longer than Yuri's actual flight - and has the audio track of Gagarin's radio conversations with Korolev and others back on the ground as the ( Read more... )

Folks,

Just encountered this essay linked from a discussion about our being at war with Libya.

Down the Rabbit Hole

I've had substantial misgivings about this misadventure our Nobel Peace Prize Laureate president has set this nation upon.

Upon reading this article on the American Interest site I now realize things are worse - much worse - than I'd ( Read more... )

Folks,

Gotta love it!

Back when Barrack Hussein Obama was but a mere presidential candidate he made a solemn vow and promise.  Well, actually, he made bunches of them.  This one though is not just another one that he's gone on to break - there's bunches of those to! - but it's one that's particularly relevant right now with the demonstrations going ( Read more... )

Folks,

This is disgusting.

We now have on camera record of doctors handing out "sick notes" to the union protesters at Madison, Wisconsin rally.  ( Video of Medical Fraud and Teacher's )

Folks,

Oh wow, this is really good!

Niall Ferguson is a history professor at Harvard - the original one - and he tears Obama a new one for the way he completely blew it in handling Egypt.

This clip is eleven and a half minutes long but it's worth every second to listen to.  Among other things worth hearing and seeing is the complete degree of loss the ( Read more... )

Folks,

Jared Loughner, the shooter in Arizona who shot nineteen people, killing six of them, is bat shit crazy.

Period.  Dot.  End of Line.

In a rational world that'd be about it.  Oh, perhaps there'd be a just and thorough examination of how this obviously unbalanced individual could've slipped through our society's numerous mental health ( Read more... )

Folks,

I just found this article that was published in the February 2011 issue of the Atlantic.

How the Recession Changed Us

Officially, the Great Recession lasted from December 2007 to June 2009. A mere 18 months-about average, as recessions go. Yet if the trauma this time feels deep and lasting, that may be because, as the figures on these pages ( Read more... )