I forgot how hard it is to pack. Any who, this weekend is supposed to be nice an warm in Houston for the CO DO IV. It starts with whats dubbed as the party flight from Philadelphia at noon. I have a stack of drink coupons. Then it's the Presidents Club crawl at Houston's IAH airport (free drinks except for tipping), followed by a reception with ( Read more... )

I’m having one case of writers block making revisions to my resume and cover letter for one position I saw posted yesterday. Yea it’s the same old crap but with this economy beggars can’t be choosy. Why I have writers block? I think it’s because I’m trying to make this one perfect of the position. The last time this happened was for my first post ( Read more... )

First I got the extension mentioned in my previous post so that's good news.

The past few days I've had some networking opportunities in the old job search.  Saturday's contact is with a good firm but the idea of a two hour commute each way would kill me on top of likely long hours.  Tonight's possible lead was much more interesting and only 25 ( Read more... )

I'd like to wish everyone an Happy New Year.  May you have a great 2009.

Merry  Christmas to evey one here at LJ.  I finally finished this years video which can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzrUxoBdZjo&feature=channel_page
(there's an option for high quality video at the lower right hand corner of the video box)

Several years ago I started to do an imitation of William Shatner doing a spoken voice version ( Read more... )

Hello all. Thanksgiving was nice this year. Nothing special or stressful so it was nice and easy. Good food of course.

Now the day after Turkey day I went to Las Vegas on the cheep for the remainder of the weekend.  Airline miles for the airfare ($5 total), parked in the cheep parking lot at the airport, and the hotel, Las Vegas Hilton, cost me ( Read more... )

Well what have I been up to since the end of A Week In A Life?   Still doing DIY work.


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Day Seven. Wednesday.
For my Flickr set and all of the day's photos, visit here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/olton_hall/sets/72157607867295169/


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Day Six. Tuesday.
For my Flickr set and all of the day's photos, visit here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/olton_hall/sets/72157607833632396/

It’s coming down to the wire for this little project isn’t it. Today I slept in. It was somewhat nice sleeping until 9:30 AM. I can’t remember the last time I slept over nine and a half hours. Of course I felt a ( Read more... )

Day Five. Monday.
For my Flickr set and all of the day's photos, visit here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/olton_hall/sets/72157607800572386/


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