Got the phone call today saying that I am the only member of my current work crew who gets to keep his job AND continue to work in my current department. The next guy down the line got his call today, but was told he was going to a different department, which only makes me continue to wonder if they are trying to fail as a company. Why fill a ( Read more... )

We were told earlier this year that there was going to be a layoff this month due to the closing of our Phosphors department. This was supposed to effect 70 hourly employees and 30 salaried employees. I went and got my seniority number and I was 90. Well when it came time to hand out walking papers, a coworker of mine got his and he was only a few ( Read more... )

I'm a little late with this, but I was hoping to watch Man of Steel again. (I didn't ( Read more... )

Earlier today DC and Warner Brothers revealed their movie lineup through 2020. I feel like I have a lot of opinions on this and thought I might ramble on for a bit ( Read more... )

Next month our Phosphors department is shutting down. The initial plan was for 100 people to be laid off. 70 hourly employees and 30 salary employees. I went to HR and got my layoff number and was told that I was number 90. Well outside of the layoff number, so I was good even if a good number of my coworkers were not ( Read more... )

For the 2nd time in my life, I have donated money for political purposes. The first time being to Obama in '08. This time however, I donated to a group called Act Blue. It was between them or Moveon and they just happened to win out. I originally hadn't really planned on donating, but I felt that I needed to contribute at least something. Things in ( Read more... )

Made a joke at work about how it takes 10 years to get a crappy job on 1st shift. Realized it wasn't a joke and that number is probably going to be closer to 15 for the foreseeable future. Not that I am looking to work 1st shift, but I know that there are a lot of other people that would like to. Gotta love a dead end job. At least it pays well ( Read more... )

2014 Update: 3rd Quarter ( Read more... )

Continuing to work on my list of things I want to do this year and over the weekend I began playing Arkham Asylum. My list actually contained the 3 Arkham games currently out, but I may pass on Arkham Origins since it hasn't been released as a "Complete" or "Game of the Year" edition. I'm about 50% through with the game. Not too shabby, but now ( Read more... )

A mini tour was going through our department today as we were emptying one of our mills. Apparently, we caused a minor panic when they saw the rolling dust cloud. Welcome to Carbide.

While the suits were not impressed, we all thought it was kind of funny.