# Leave me a comment saying "Resistance is Futile."
# I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity
# Update your journal with the answers to the questions
# Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions

(Questions by malachus1. Has having a child caused you to reconsider any of your past opinions ( Read more... )

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Merry birthday, baka_san!!

I got a call on Friday that the customer that we had done some work for a couple months ago wanted the simulation to be more exact. He wanted me in the middle of nowhere, Virginia on Monday morning at 8. Buying a plane ticket from Atlanta to there would be over $1k. The plan became for me to drive up on Sunday. Approximately 8 hours ( Read more... )

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My Political Views
I am a left moderate social libertarian
Left: 6.36, Libertarian: 2.43

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Started my new job this week. It's a doozy. My first day began in the standard "fill out paperwork" fashion. Then came the grand tour. Then "your first assignment:" read about the first product we're working on. Then I listened in on a conference call. Then I spent the rest of the day wrestling with what amounted to an IT problem. We're ( Read more... )

I've been happy for a while, about a lot of things. I'm happy about my love life. I met an amazing woman with whom I share so, so much. I married her, and that part of life has been great. I'm happy that I'm not working in the defense industry anymore, and I was happy to go back to school to earn an advanced degree in a field that is less co- ( Read more... )

Of the weirdest things I've ever been asked at 5:30 in the morning, that has to be the winner. Perhaps it was the circumstances, but I think I might have to learn Russian just so if a policeman knocks on my door at 5:30 am and asks me that, I can puff up with pride and say, "yes, sir!"

kitt79's phone had already given us the preliminary warning buzz ( Read more... )

Today is my 30th birthday. It seems like decades are "momentous" signposts. Easily identifiable opportunities to take a moment to look back on what has transpired. There's no particularly good reason to choose 30 as a time of reflection, I suppose. It's customary for this to be considered the “over the hill” moment in life, but I have a feeling ( Read more... )